Our friends from Stockholm met us there and that made it all the more wonderful. There is so much to see in this huge city there's no way we could possibly see it all.
On our last day we took bikes to the baths. It's a true Hungarian thing to do and I didn't want to miss it. Under the city is geo thermal hot mineral water which they claim has health benefits. When your traveling it's fun to do the things the local people do.
When entering the place we must have stood out like two soar thumbs. I'm sure we looked as confused as we actually were about where to start and what to do. The place was huge and after changing we first saw some indoor pools. I thought Jimmie was going to die. The water looked like a fish pond. There was all these big hairy Hungarian men in speedos just chillin in the water. I said " come on babe you have to at least try it" I climbed in. The water was nice and warm but I had to admit secretly this water was a little nasty. Jimmie climbed in for a total of about 20 seconds and immediately climbed out and hit the shower. He makes me laugh. The look on his face was priceless. You would have thought I'd have asked him to dive into a septic tank.
We headed outside and it was much better. Huge pools crowded with friendly relaxed faces but the water was blue. He nervously joined me. A piece of pollen from the trees floated up to Jimmie and he shooed it away like it was a turd. I said babe relax its pollen from a tree. He said no it's probably toilet paper that floated out of someone's butt. He looked over and saw a man dunking his face under water and I thought he was going to loose it. He is so funny. Such a germ a phobic,
In the end I thought it was really relaxing and nice and I love how it's their culture just to meet up at the baths and soak together. Young and old people just chilling out. I loved hearing all the different languages and I love how Europeans are so content within their own skin. Speedos are the norm and so are scantily clad robust women. But no one cares. They are there for the bath not to look at other people or worry how they look. I have found America to be so much more obsessed with body images but in Europe as jarmo explained to me the most important thing is feeling comfortable in your own skin. I like it.
It was sad to leave Jarmo and Eila. We always love to see them and always gave a great time. It was sad to leave Budapest. I forgot to mention the wine was incredible! I've tasted the best wines of my life here. So if you are reading this and love wine go to a international wine place and buy yourself some Hungarian wine. The tokaj region is amazing and puts out some of the most beautiful wines in the world.
Good bye Hungary I hope to see you again real soon. Time to head off to France to see scott and shawna and zein.
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