Paris and Budapest so far…

Good morning! It feels like forever (3 days haha) since I posted a daily recap. So, I’m blogging from my phone on the train back from Budapest about what we have done so far.

Our flight from SLC to Paris was about 10 hours and neither of us slept more than an hour. Sleep just wasn’t happening. We had a 6 hour layover in Paris and decided to do the opposite of everything we read online and leave the airport. We were so glad we did. We basically ran through the airport and the trains worked out perfectly so that we were able to get to the Eiffel Tower and back fast enough to make our next flight.

This was both of our first time here and the Eiffel Tower shocked us because of its size… we turned a corner and boom, there it was. The city was gorgeous and we now know we need at least a week here someday… and Andrew said we must include biking into our next trip here.

Our second ‘must do’ for the short time we had there was to eat pastries, cheese, a baguette and chocolate. Each bite was perfection.

We jumped back on the train (where I fell asleep) and got to our gate (and I fell asleep there again too). Our flight to Budapest was about two hours (yep, fell asleep again ha) and made it to our hotel at dinner time. We went and found the cutest Hungarian restaurant to eat Goulash Soup with bread. I loved every bite along with the live music. We were both in disbelief that we were actually in HUNGARY.

We grabbed some chimney cakes (even better than I imagined) and passed out at the hotel. We slept 10 hours and were ready to go out for the entire day. We wanted to make the most of every second.

Our first stop was the Matthias Church. It was stunning.

We took the 197 steps to the top and had the tower to ourselves for a few minutes.

We then walked over to one of the oldest cake shops in Europe. It is almost 200 years old. I had the cream cake and vanilla croissant. I wish every morning started with Ruszurm cake.

Our next stop was to the Szechenyi Thermal Baths.

So warm and so relaxing. Listening to everyone speaking different languages around us was so interesting.

Coming here was a need for my post-marathon body.

Our next stop was something I had really been looking forward to-> New York Cafe.

The prettiest cafe in the world!

The hot chocolate was so thick and rich. How will I go back to our watery kind at home?!

We had goulash soup, fries and a tower of a mixture small sweets.

From there we were walking around shops when we saw a Thai massage place… yep, 60 minute massage and for only $35!

We then walked to the top of Gellert Hill to watch the sunset. We walked a total of 22,000 steps on Wednesday.

It’s always a good idea before a marathon to walk as much as possible the week leading up to it🤣

We grabbed Italian for dinner and then went on the Ferris Wheel and enjoyed the walking streets nearby.

We can officially say we love this place. Now today we will probably take a few more taxis to save our legs because 26.2 is coming up!

Ever done a destination race? Which one?

Anyone live in a city where you get in a lot of walking?

What’s your run today?