Sunday, lovely Sunday

So, the day begins with a little chat with the Colombian boy I'm smitten with (and who sleeps feet-to-feet to me in the bunk attached to mine).

Then, I went on a long walk. I visited a really nice park, which is on an island in the middle of the Danube. Think Ile St Louis in Paris, without the flats and filled with green spaces. There weren't a great deal of people in the park, mostly couples with kids, older couples and the ubiquitous Hungarian rollerbladers [side note: rollerblading is HUGE here -- there are always rollerbladers on the street, even in the rain...]. And because I haven't really spent much time walking around on the Buda side of Budapest, I set off there after my long stroll through the park. Since I was rather hungry, this was not a good idea. Zarva [closed] signs everywhere. Eventually, I came to a subway station that would take me to my hostel, so I hopped on and went to the local Subway. Only because I knew the Subway would be open and able to give me a reasonably healthy and fairly nutritious meal. It's a good six hours later, and I'm still full.

I've spent more time chatting with the gorgeous Colombian boy (I say boy, because he really is that young), showing each other pictures we've taken (ahhh, the mingling of fingertips while we both held a camera...). It sounds like we both are interested in going to a couple of the same places tomorrow, so I'm hoping to spend my last full day in Budapest with him, at least in part.

Another travel crush. Blisssssssss.