The Longest Day

Hello again,
Monday following Euro 2008 we got up and headed out to get tickets to tour the Parliament building (definitely not Dakota's idea, haha) which was a very interesting, concise 45 minute tour so she didn't have anything to complain about. We also visited St. Stephen's Basilica which is home to St. Stephen's forearm(?). We climbed numerous spiral staircases to reach the top of the tower which turned out to be spectacular. 360 degrees of Budapest.
Tuesday, our last day we slept in a bit because the first leg of our flight home leaves Budapest at 6:45 a.m. local time meaning we are leaving for the airport at 3:45 (very soon here) so we decided to not go to bed. Once we did get up we visited the Market Hall, Statue Park which is where they put all the communist statues after the Soviet Union fell, and cooked dinner. Packing was also a major event of the day. The only explanation for the cluttered state of our dorm was that our backpacks threw up. Putting them back together wasn't that easy especially with our purchases from Market Hall.
Budapest has been an interesting city, frustrating at times (when resturants or bars are closed when they are suppose to be open) as well as fascinating. However I am very excited to spend time at home and to have my phone back :P so i can talk to everyone that isn't at home.
We're heading out to wait for the cab in a few so until I head to Mexico in a few weeks...
Love,
Cara