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October 23rd 2007

Published: October 30th 2007

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The Mighty 'Nube

You know, just overlooking the Danube. Same ol.

And so your wordsmith returns with additional tales to tantalize your ears and broaden your minds... Well, not really. We sort of got drunk and did stupid stuff...

Ohhh, hahahha, my bad, that's every other place we've been, one week in Budapest (read: ONE WEEK!!!) is surely different than the rest, no?

We arrive, the three of us (Kendo, the Cap, and Yours Truly) in Budapest with a simple goal: get Kennah to have as much fun as possible in the few days he has left in this legendary, Danubian city. Fact: Danubian is a word created by me, for me; it is a privilege for you to read it, but you musn't, MUSN'T, in any circumstance, use it.

We started off where we left off: behind the Iron Curtain, at what I found to be a spectacular park known only as Statue Park. Basically Budapest, like the rest of the Eastern Front got pissed off at a bunch of commies (lord knows why) and started taking stuff down - most notably the gigantic Stalin statue. Fortunately for us artistic types, they realized the historical significance of these pieces of art unlike the rest of Eastern Europe, and

Just two guys

havin a good time

determined to build a giant park highlighting these 'Odes to the Communist Regime'. That's the scholastic impression, we basically saw a bunch of Street Fighter II opportunities: Kennah being Blanka, and my fat-ass being E Honda. (Hey! You try to penetrate the 100 hand slap, its a tough move to defend!)

After exhausting ourselves with Stalin and his commie cronies, we head out to Budapest's nether regions to see what truly lies underneath the city. Low and Behold, its limestone!! Pretty fun actually, considering I'm somewhat clausterphobic (you try being 230 lbs, 6 ft tall, and cumbersome and NOT being clausterphobic). At some points I was literally in a chamber the size of my body in fetal position attempting to reverse directions while keeping my left arm behind my head and my head tilted 45 degrees, never fogetting to protect the boys from stalactites and presbycites...

Kennah's final day, we were in dire need of washing - myslef in particular, as I'm prone to go days without bathing, so we hit up the Turkish baths. Wicked time, soaking in the hot waters and cool breezes, not to forget I absolutely LOVE getting all pruney. I wonder if they

Rock hard nips

Never seen two guys so excited about large nipples... well, almost never

have fetish websites that cater to such a craving...

Now. Obviously these are day activities. You'll notice the distinct lack of evening photos. This can be attributed to levels of drunkeness unmet by any society at any time in all of civilization. Lets see... I slept outside a McDonalds, Penner got lost, Kennah checked into a hotel that was not our hostel, and that was all prior to Kdog leaving.

The Hostel we stayed at - the Imperio Max - was a gem and set up in a way that you're forced to befriend basically everyone. Everyone being Americans. Over the weekend, I can proudly say that the Cap and I laid the groundwork for young Canadians to come. Both at opposite levels of the spectrum. Penner up to 7am doing the Mr. S song and dance (don't ask), myself throwing beers on the ground and ordering more while barely coherent at the bar. This happened two days in a row I believe. The hostellers were shocked, appalled, and enamored.

So what did we do the rest of our 3 days? Well, watch Seasons 1 - 5 of Curb Your Enthusiasm and you'll be updated.

Oh,

Grade 12 Kennah

Remember when all Kennah ate was salads? hahahha

and we were there for the Hungarian National Day where we helped throw some molotov cocktails (not really, although the Hungarians did invent the molotov cocktail, not Kennahs as previously thought) and dodge stampeding riot police who needed to put on their goalie equipment a block away from the crowds. Nothing quite like adequate preparation!

Yup, Budapest was wwwwaaaaaaayyyyyy different than all our other stops.... wwwwwaaaaayyyyyy different

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