Today was a rest day with life laundry. The breakfast at the hotel was superb and I went back for repeated helpings of everything. Supermarket trip to buy proper detergent and do some full on clothes washing - my luxurious room has been transformed into a laundry.
I found a nearby bike shop and dropped it off for a thorough once over. I would prefer that everything works 100% if I am going to take the EV13 and this is the last major city (I think) that I can do this. After a full service later, it works like an absolute dream. Good call.
Got a haircut by the fastest, most efficient hairdresser in the world. If only I could find someone like that in England. Walk in, sit down, say one word 'short' and five minutes later, bosh all done.
I then booked up a walking tour for tomorrow as well as a spa at some famous baths. Budapest if famous for its spa baths, so best to sample them, so that is tomorrow sorted. A got-shit-done kind of day.
England were playing Hungary last night, so there were a few English supporters hanging around and I got chatting to a few in a bar called The Bitcoin Bar.
Turns out there was quite a bit of racial taunting going on at the match apparently, but these supporters seemed fine. I realised that these are the first actual British people I have met on my trip so far, excluding the lovely Louise in Vienna that is. I also posted up a video of my previous ride between Vienna and Budapest, which was cool.
I wandered around in the evening, taking in the city and looking for somewhere nice to eat. Truth be told, I felt a bit lonely as it was such a beautiful place and I had noone to share it with.
I guess you have to take the rough with the smooth, although this feeling was compounded because all of the best sounding restaurants were not interested in a solo diner.
Can't say I blame them, it was a Friday night and business is business. I ended up in some tourist hellhole trap spending a fortune on a small piece of crap, which annoyed me.
As I wandered home, I took in the stunning view over to Buda with its illuminated palace.
This really is a superb city and I felt that I knew my way around it well by now and was looking forward to a full on day tomorrow and had a hotel room to stay in for the next couple of nights. All good in the hood.
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