Greetings from Budapest

Hey guys, currently in Budapest, Hungary.

All is well. I thought Budapest would be somewhat dull, but its actually kind of nice. Prices are generally pretty cheap, so thats a plus.

The past few weeks have been a blast. I was in Cinqe Terre for a few days. Cinqe Terre is a group of 5 villages on the Medeteranian coast in northern Italy(I went to Montorosso). There are a number of hiking trails for you to follow. Here is a pic of one of the ones that I went on.

Its such a picturesque area. Everything you look at looks like it could be on a post card.

While I was in Montorosso, I took a side step to Pisa. Pictures of the leaning tower of Pisa don´t truly illustrate how dramatic the tilt in the tower is. Walking up the steps is quite a trip! Its very unusual walking upstairs when there is no actual incline. Then twice the incline of normal stairs. Anyway, here is pic of the tower. I wish I had better weather that day.

I went to Interlaken, Switzerland for a few day. If you ever wondering what the most beautiful corner of the world is, its Switzerland. The skies were really overcast, but the water was still bright turquiose.

When I was in the airport in Amman, I ran into a group of travellers and one of them insisted that I spend a few days there. Now when I went, that was directly after the universe devoured 150€ due to daylight savings time (that thing has been screwing me over since I was a kid). Now that 2 weeks of my food budget was now gone, I could not in good conscience spend any money. And in Interlaken, there are list that goes on for days of activities that I have wanted to do for years. Bunji jumping, skydiving, snowboarding, etc. Since it was free, I went on a hike (again). I will deffinately head back to Interlaken before the end of my trip and do atleast one of the things that they have there.

One thing that I have learned is that cobblestones only have one purpose, to inflict pain on weary travellers. I have some preatty unpleasent things happening on my feet.
Its not pretty.

Like I said, I´m in Hungary right now. There is some election going on. The people at my hostel were yelling at the TV when the results were in. I think the party that uses orange won. But hard to say since I have no idea what people are saying. I˝m going to Vienna next.

Until next time.

-Ashley