Yesterday, we walked around the city some, had some fun conversations with the Australians and New Zealander in our hostel, and then we did something called an Exit Game...
So what that is is you go into a room with a group (our group was Rosalie, a guy we met on our walking tour Chris, and Me) and you get locked in a room and have an hour to find your way out by solving a series of clues and logic puzzles hidden all over the room. We started in a room that was pretty plain, but after solving four or five clues, we found door with some locks on it inside a wardrobe. Once we figured out the clues to open those, we walked through that into this "Alice in Wonderland" style room. There were a bunch of other clues in there and we ended up finishing the game in 59 minutes and 14 seconds... Phew! 46 seconds left.
These games are all over the whole city of Budapest with different themes and puzzles. Soooo... I know what I am going to be doing with the rest of my life (hehe...maybe?) But seriously, those things were absolutely fun.
After that, Rosalie and I went on a cruise up and down the Danube at night and got some AWESOME views of the river banks.
Today, we went looking for another exit game to do but they were closed early, so we headed to the St. Stephans Basilika and went in there. As we walked in, an Organ was playing beautifully there (because of Sunday Mass) and the inside of the basilica was magnificent. Red marble and Gold trim all over and massive beautiful columns and domes. We then got to go up onto the top of the dome and got a 360 degree view of Budapest. The view was magnificent. We also met an Irish man on the way down from the top and now I want an Irish accent.
Then we did some souvenir shopping and then went to the ballet The Merry Widow. The ballet was interesting because the dancing seemed more like Hungarian folk dancing than ballet, but it was still cool.
The Australians, Dylan and Jacquie, left today and that was a little bit sad, because we had so much fun hanging out with them. But hopefully we can stay connected via Facebook or something.
Parliament all lit up at night.
Bridge over the Danube all lit up
Chain Bridge with a palace/hotel behind.
Cool lit up building.... not sure what it's purpose is.
Inside Stephan's Basilica.
The light was shining in the window, and it was awesome because it was shining right onto a big marble-tiled picture of a sun on the floor. (These always make me think of Shekhinah glory)
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