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Published: March 12th 2008
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The first trip with the WU Wien Buddynetwork began on friday the 27th of February. Waking at 7am after a 5euro all you can drink party (red bull and vodka) in the Haus Erasmus partyroom the night before was quite difficult and was quite noticeable by the excitement or should I say, lack of exciteent shown on the bustrip there. After a sombre 3 hour bustrip we arrived in the wonderful city of Budapest which is not to be confused with Bucharest, home of the brave dog!
Budapest is split into two sides with Buda being the ideal residential area due to its steep mountains, lack of businesses, and dodgy cup games on top of monuments. Pest is the other side, both sides being split by the Danube, where most of the businesses are located. We began a 3 hour bus tour where we visited Heroe's square on the Pest side where we were lucky enough to witness a military procession. Making our way to the Buda side we climbed a monument where a cup game was going on. We were quite stupid and lost a lot of money only to realise the game was rigged when our money was wasted.
We finally made our way to our hotel feeling dejected from the humiliation of being cheated. I shared my room with Graham and Michael where we were lucky enough to watch MTV in our room. That night we ventured onto a boat on the Danube to have a 3 course meal which was excellent but fails to compare to the following nights meal which I will later mention. The meal was followed by a trip to Club B7 which was the worst club I have ever been to. Music was terrible, beer was terrible, and nobody was there. The Austrian's decided to crank up a game of suck and blow which immediately got our good friend Grassy overly excited and he sucked and blowed all night long.
Saturday it pured with rain but because of our early exit from the club the night before we were awake in time for the complimentary breakfast which was top darts. We ventured out on the city to find flea markets but all we found was rain and puddles. Finally we found the Hous of Terror. This was the home of the Hungarian Nazis and later the Communist Party. The house has been preserved
in the basement which had prison cells, padded cells, solitary confinement, torture rooms, and an execution room. Leaving the basement I felt very shaky and looking at Michael he was much the same. Upstairs depicts various aspects of war and rule in Hungary whcih shows the terror of recent times.
The highlight of the entire trip without a doubt was the Mongolian BBQ. All you can eat and drink in 4 hours spells good times and trouble. Very simple process, order a beer, fill up a plate of meat, get old mate chef to cook it up, sit back and enjoy.....repeat 12 times!!! I have never eaten so much meat, Cal couldn't handle it and had a tactical vomit. Some people were unable to make it to the club and some might as well not have made it to the club (vomit and pass out in the clubs kitchen). This club, Soho London only rated higher than B7 as the beer was better. We tried to find a better club with little success but Michael managed to set off an alarm by punching a poster of George Clooney. We found McDonalds which I am amazed we could fit in after
the Mongolian BBQ.
Now I must make mention the Michael Pierce way of attracting girls. Play fight with them in the street, pick them up and drop them hard on the curb, break their back and elbow, carry them home fore some loving. Poor Martina.
That night we watched Almost Famous in Hungarian and got told to go to our rooms by some Hungarian guy. Had to make my way to the downstairs bar due to the Michael Pierce process being in action. The front bar had Sammy P trying Australian jokes on the bartender and the big Brissler still smashing beers. Finally got to bed at 5:30am.
After checking out and missing breakfast at the hotel we decided on a big lunch. Cal insisted he knew the best place to eat in the whole of Europe let alone Budapest, turned out to be just a Kebab stand. We found a Mexican place where the Brissle struck an instant connection with the owner...pity he was a guy. That afternoon we walked around the Danube and the mountains which was really nice.
The bustrip home was great. Everyone got handed a beer as they hopped on but 2/3 of the people
slept. I was sitting with a heap of Dutch and Scandinavian guys and boy can they drink. From beer we quickly moved to vodka and the bus had to be pulled over because of Cal and Michael urinating in bottles. The vodka service got cut off when we started to pour our own and take it upstairs. Sammy P can be blamed for this for making a pre-mix and drinking straight from the vodka bottle. By the time we got to Vienna there were some very drunk people but I made it back to Haus Erasmus and not long after to bed!
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