B City Lovin

All I can think is Google

Thursday was the first really beautiful day in at least a week and maybe longer. So nice in fact that I was warm in only my coat and wasn’t even wearing my headband. Unfortunately this is the same day I planned a 6 hour train trip to Bratislava and I spent the best parts of the day on the train. The train I wanted was scheduled to leave at 11:30 and I arrived at the train station around 11:15 to buy my ticket and head out. Unfortunately the tracks in Pecs are undergoing construction and a 30 minute long bus ride needed to be taken to the next town which meant I would miss my 11:30 train and have to take the 1:30pm train instead. The 1:30pm train got me into Budapest around 4:30pm and made me miss my connection to Bratislava meaning I had to wait in Budapest until 8pm. Luckily I knew there was a McDonalds close by where I could go and use their free internet to waste time.

Once I arrived in Bratislava I was waiting for my tram to my hostel and encountered some Americans who were looking for their hostel but didn’t know how to find it. It turned out that they were staying at the same hostel as me and I told them to follow me and I showed them. I am so good with directions after all.

I have been wanting to go hiking for some time now and on Friday I was finally able to go hiking. The leaves are all changing and it was incredibly beautiful in the woods. I encountered an elderly man with both his shirt and jacket off and I could not wait to pass him so I could take his picture. I was following a trail that had information signs and one of them said “The ‘Fox Dance’ was a favorite entertainment of the nobility during baroque times. The participants stood in twos in the enclosed area, holding the end of slings lying on the ground. The participants yanked the slings as the fox ran across, thus propelling the fox into the air. The entertainment lasted until the fox died.”

My camera now how a scratch on the lens, that is visible in several pictures from today. The camera also smokes sometimes when the flash goes off. I have had this camera for a long time and put it through its paces, I should probably get a new one when I have money again.

First there was Bombay then Barcelona, Berlin, Bruges, Brussels, Budapest and now Bratislava. There is something about cities that start with the letter B that make me really like them.

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