Day 29
I was pretty tired today after just getting back from our trip so I spent the morning in bed then just had a quiet day at home.

Day 30
Another new country today! Simon took Mum and me out to Budapest in Hungary for the day. It was a two and a half hour drive, so we got up pretty early and headed out. The first thing we did was go to the market there, It was very similar to the Victoria Markets in Melbourne, but a bit bigger. The bottom floor was full of food, with stores selling fruit and veges, and others selling meat. Almost all of them were selling paprikas (chilies) of all different types, such as cherry paprika! The top floor sold less edible items like lace tablecloths, hats and your typical touristy trinkets. The hats were all beautiful, they were made of leather and had real fur trims on them!

After the markets we headed to Buda castle. Just for a little background, Budapest used to be two cities, Buda and Pest, which were separated by a river, the Danube. Buda castle was the castle on the side of the river that used to be Buda. The castle was beautiful with lots of ornate stone carvings and an amazing church. Near the church were two men with an eagle and a hawk, I got to hold the hawk which was quite heavy. After the castle we drove to a park that had lots of communist statues in it, but first we quickly called in at parliament, which was decorated with beautiful stone carvings that looked like lace. The communist park was just a small area where all the communist statues were moved to after the fall of the Soviet Union. There were some interesting statues; my two favourites were one that looked like a communist version of John Howard, and one that was of Lenin’s feet!

I'm not quite sure where the photos of Budapest are, so I will have to upload them later!