Go to the Parliament to get tickets to take a tour and they are sold out for the day (this is what we get for not planning ahead) so we walk around a bit and decide to go up to a bath house. On the way we stop at a cat cafe, have a coffee and pet some cats that just roam freely and hang out all day which is pretty sweet. Walk all along the main artery seeing the buildings as we go and get eventually to hero square which is a giant square with statues and traffic all around it with a park on the other side of it.
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| Back at the parliament... no tickets so guess we wont be touring this bad boy |
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| Getting a closer look of the water facing side of the building |
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| Thats where we were yesterday |
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| As we were walking around, came upon this beautiful building |
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| Back side of the cathedral |
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| ummm cat cafe??? yes please |
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| Crinkly trying to befriend a very disinterested feline friend |
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| Some much needed wall art for you cat lovers out there |
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| Crinkly making his rounds |
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| Ever feel like youre being stalked... look up hahah |
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| catpuccino anyone? |
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| hahah more cat drinks |
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| Beautiful dude posing with some art |
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| Majestic orange cat just keeping to himself |
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| Bunch of amazing architecture around here |
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| Randomly walked by the terror museum... heard its really good but wasnt on the docket for the day so we just walked by |
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| Some buildings combine great patterns in with the architecture |
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| Pretty cool little tower rooms on the corners |
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| Looks like a devil, what yall thinking |
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| Kunsthalle contemporary art museum on one side of the hereos square |
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| Hereo's Square in all its statuesque glory |
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| Crinkly posing with the OG Chieftains of Hungary |
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| Fine art museum on the opposite side of the square from the contemporary art one |
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| Close up of one side of the chieftains |
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| More awesome statues to explore |
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| Drained manmade lake for recreation in the summer I bet |
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| Was enjoying the partial reflection of the building from his angle |
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| Checking out what we can find in this park |
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| Found a castle |
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| Seems like everywhere you look, theres another museum |
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| Little market based within the castle walls |
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| Just basking in the beauty |
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| Sharing Crinkly with his new statue friend |
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| Such an intricately designed church |
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| Look at that stone work. Statues, designs built into the wall... freaking awesome |
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| Some of the tents chilling in front of the palace |
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| Different view with the main entrance captured |
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| Pond views |
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| We finally found the Széchenyi Thermal Baths that we came for... so far looking good |
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| Such an ornate entrance lets do this |
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| Inside looking even better |
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| Just some more art walking around this place |
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| Guess it makes sense for a thermal bath to have a fountain |
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| Time to soak |
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| This is why this bath is the most touristy... such wonderful views |
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| Lap pool that you need to have a swim cap to enter... dont need a cap for the baths areas but the swimming pool you do... dont understand that restraint but guess I dont need to |
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| Marc just floating around enjoying some bath time with strangers :) |
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| Lights are starting to come on and its emptying out |
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| Let the party continue |
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| That little pool in the middle was like a little hot tub surrounded by a mini lazy river loop. Was interesting |
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| Found some more secluded pools inside |
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| Just a lil secluded... hahah |
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| Crinkly's sherpa getting some much needed relaxation bath time |
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| Some nice night views of the castle from earlier |
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| Went back to the fair and found a craft beer cart... so naturally we had to try a few |
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| An example of some of the offerings |
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| Marc celebrating the acquisition of Crinkly friends with Crinkly |
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| These were great... especially the stout |
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| Night time bridge views with an unsuspecting family modeling for me |
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| Spooky castle views |
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| Nighttime views of the castle |
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| Walking around the castles periphery |
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| Trail blazing around the gronuds |
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| Nice view on a lovely night |
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| This was the drained area earlier |
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| These statues look even better at night |
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| The other side of the square |
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| The square in all its amazing glory |
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| Central view of the square |
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| The inside of Paprika is legit |
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| Is this thing on? it is not but looks cool |
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| Marc showing me how youre supposed to drink wine |
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| I am a good student |
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| Blue steel right there (clearly not me hahah) |
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| Marc is ready to feast |
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| Round 2 ahhh yeah! |
Walking through the park and stumble upon a festival which was cool (lots of food, drink, music, etc.) but we then go over to the Széchenyi Thermal Bath to get some hot spring action in; it was a little expensive and we had to buy sandals if you didnt have them and didnt even need them as they were more of a death trap than not having them (slipping all over the place). On top of that, they didnt have any single lockers available so we had to upcharge for a cabana which they didnt give it to us for the price of the 2 lockers which is somewhat infuriating but I guess thatll show us to go earlier and/or go to a non tourist trap one. Water in the pools wasnt as warm as I would have liked it (not a single one was hot, luke warm was the hottest they got) but the place was beautiful and there were places to get beers and what not if you wanted so you could spend all day there just chilling. Once the bath house closes, we get dressed and go back to the festival to have some craft beers from one of the stands there which were ok but best by far was the RIS (of course I would say that). Continue to walk through the park and eventually make our way over to Paprika which was recommended by our guide. Place was decked out in cool items and the food was fantastic; great suggestion for sure. Grab transit to head back to the place.
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