Finally.. the blog that should of been posted before..

Well we woke up at 6:30 am yesterday and for once actually got out of bed with out much hassle (cuddles). I had a shower while Malin made some breakfast. Had breakfast and packed the last of the stuff.. keys, passport, toothbrush.. what else..oh yeah.. wallet, creditcards and buss card! Left the apartment with plenty of time to spare.. which was nice for a change.. to actually not have to stress.
The trip to the airport was uneventful and boring. It had snowed a lot so the ride was slow and calm. Checked in our luggage and proceeded into the terminal. Sat down for a second breakfast and went to check out some manly perfume for me. We sprayed and smelled, smelled and sprayed... and now I had two different types of perfumes on me. We met up with one of the girls from school who works at one of the shops, had a quick chat and headed on towards our gate. Boarded the plane and headed on to Copenhagen where we spent 30 mins scouting out the tax-free shops for bargains on our 4 hour layover in Copenhagen when we return to Sweden in May. Went into another perfume shop and sprayed a bit more.. Now I smelled of 4 different perfumes.. And we finally settled for Hugo Boss: Dark Blue. After that we went to our gate and sat down to wait for the boarding to begin.. And this is when we slowly start to realize.. Hmm.... in less than a bad Adam Sandler movie (approx 2 hr) we’ll be arriving in Budapest!

The flight was 1hr 45 min so we had some time to kill... solving crosswords and checking out the country side from our window. Malin tried to take a quick nap but that was interrupted by the Captain who announced that we’d be on the ground in 15 mins.. (that’s a little vague don’t you think?! And who made this guy a Captain? If I might ask? Did I miss some swearing in ceremony? He’s a #%&* pilot and let him be happy with that! [Ref. George Carlin])

Anyway.. got picked up at the airport by Monika (picture later.. ) and her boyfriend who drove us to our apartment. (more about this later...) we unpacked the goodies that we had brought with us for them and got settled in. Later we left the apartment to get some groceries and other household items. Monika and her boyfriend had been kind enough to leave us a pot of Hungarian Goulash and red wine so that we’d at least not need to cook dinner on our first day here. Anyway.. got back and unpacked the groceries and heated the Goulash... which was EXCELLENT! Unpacked some more and drank the rest of the red wine. Considering we’d been awake since 6 am and travelling all day... and drinking a whole bottle of wine we both felt a bit tired.. so we brushed our teeth and watched an episode of Medical Investigation and went to sleep.. at 8 pm!!

Anyway... back to the apartment.. we’d thought we’d be getting a 2 roomer with a kitchen and a bathroom... well.. I don’t know how the count down here in Budapest but the apartment actually has 3 rooms, 2 bathrooms and a kitchen. The apartment is pretty much like everything else here in Budapest. Stuck between the 21th century and the old east-block. Everything is a mix of these two periods. Our kitchen is recently renovated as is our bathroom, the rest of the apartment is painted but the bathroom with the toilet is a blast from the past. Which brings me to the toilet. Now either the Hungarians have equipment that would make Africans cry with penis envy or I’m using it wrong. Cuz the place where the No. 2 stuff goes is on a platform while the place where No. 1 goes is a big whole. (see pic. the grey is solid and white is the airspace..)

Anyway.. that is it for today.. Malin has gone for her first day at work and i’m left behind to take care of myself. Thankfully Malin left me with a tourist map so that i can find my way around the city.. and who would have thought... there is even the phone number to an escort service on the tourist map. They describe the escort as “Beautiful, Charming, Discreet”
hmm.. that is the first time I’ve heard a sight seeing tour described that way... i wonder what the sights are? I wonder if it goes to the Sauna Club which is only for men? Which i find kinda funny since there are 5 masqueraded women on the front of the ad.

Well... i gotta go and do some more shopping for the apartment.. a few light bulbs were broken and need to be replaced.. and we need to buy a bread knife... and .. and.. and.. well a lot of more stuff.. so.

Oh and by the way... there is an internet cafe pretty close so we’ll try and write as often as we can.