Blogs from Central Hungary, Hungary, Europe - page 119

Sorry I just couldn't resist such an awesome title for this entry. After a not so exciting few days in Slovakia I decided that it was time to move on forward and so the movement began... the movement to Budapest. The plan was to goto Budapest and meet up with some Canadian girls who I met in Prague. Then an Australian dood wanted someone to goto Budapest with so i agreed that us australians should stick together, then on the way we bump into a couple of Swedes who are also going into Budapest and then finally at the train station we bump into an American who is also heading over. After a lack-lustre pizza we headed on board ye olde train bound for Budapest. Budapest is very famous for its open bathes, religion and beatiful ... read more

Geo: 47.4984, 19.0408Had a hot and early shower this morning, apparently hot water at the camp grounds are rare- terrific! Today we weren't the last tent down, a big improvement. At 7.30 we left camp and hit the road. Half the bus fell asleep. The landscape is very green and hilly with winding roads. Romania was beautiful, even though it was raining. This mornings music selection was a bit gay. Not much else to do except sleep! The border into Hungary only took 1 and a half hours. We had to turn our clocks back an hour. I missed out on an entry stamp. Finally arrived in Budapest. We had a driving tour of the city and crossed over the bridges from Pest to Buda and visa versa. Drove up the hill to the victory monument ... read more

Ah yes...fabulous Budapest. I gotta say, being a traveller is rough. Yesterday we slept in, wandered around town, then spent over three hours trying out different thermal baths at Szechenyi Furdo baths in the central park in Budapest. Yah...life if rough. We arrived in Budapest after a 7 hour train ride through the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and the Hungarian countryside, at around 7pm. Train rides are getting very boring, and we are starting to realize at certain moments just how stupid we are. It's really very humbling. Before we got on our train we actually spent a full hour panicking because our train was late and we thought that maybe we were in the wrong place. When the train actually arrived, we realized that it was in fact on time, and we are all just ridiculous ... read more

For the most part in Hungary there were mainly believers at the concerts. In one city (Godollo) we had a concert in a nightclub. Mainly believing youth came. In Budapest Kaspars felt led to ask if believers needed prayer to renew their relationship with God. In response many youth came forward for prayer. I also spoke with a guy from California who is in Budapest doing missionary work. We even got to have an outdoor concert on a big stage. The only down side was that the dance surface was concrete so we didn’t do one of the songs that requires many movements to occur on the ground. Since it was outside many random people walked up to watch out of curiosity. That night thirty people responded to the prayer for salvation. All of the guys ... read more

Here are some more pictures from our time here in Hungary... read more