This weekend I was in Budapest with Martin. We took the bus (16 seater) at 5am from Cluj centre and arrived in Budapest just after lunch time. We planned the trip to go to see Extrawelt who were playing the release of their new album, but Budapest has so much more in store! After we found a hostel and left our bags we went out for a late lunch. It was delicious! Cheese soup served in a bread and mulled wine. We took the metro and went to see some parts of the city. It started to snow very heavily so we made our way back to the hostel stopping at an outdoor market on the way. Extrawelt was a great end to the evening but the next day I didn't feel too hot at all! My head was thumping and nothing seemed to be helping so we took our towels and swimwear and made our way to the thermal baths! Wow! They were amazing! I could have stayed longer! However, we were both looking a bit prunelike and decided that two hours was enough! It was a bit of a challenge getting out of the water though and into the freezing night air!

We stayed for another night and visited some galleries the following day. There seems to be a good art scene there and some of the work by new artists was really good.