When arriving in Budapest the first thing I saw was: The Danube.
It is a great feeling to have a natural river in the city and it totally changes the atmosphere besides that it helps orienting because you can often look for the next bridge. The view over the bridges and to the majestic buildings along the river is simply breathtaking. I have to admit that I am more comfortable on the Pest side (so east side of the Danube) so far, but don’t worry Pest side, I am going to explore you more soon. I am especially keen to climb the Gellérthegy (the Gellert Hill) as it has to have a great view over the city.

Other impressions I want to share about my first visit to Budapest are the following:

• Watch out, the streets tend to be crooked and also have holes hear and there.
• Bakeries are awesome! I tried out a couple and they were all good. Will follow up with my personal favorite later.
• Prices are generally a little bit below German (Berlin) standard but not very much.
• Public transportation is pretty much straight forward. Metro and Trams are manageable after a couple of days, still have to get used to the abundance of buses though.

Last but not least I want to clear a prejudice that I read all over again during my preparation for Budapest:
People in Hungary are very nice to foreigners!!! Besides one lady in Kaisers who apparently was annoyed by the fact that I could not order in Hungarian, everybody has been very nice, polite and helpful in many different ways. I am sure they will even be nicer once I pick up on my Hungarian ;-)

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Budapest
Danube
Gellérthegy