Six hours of walking. Over the bridge and up a hill of Hungarian school children and back over the bridge and all over town and... Now I'm tired and a little homesick. But I made a phone call that made me feel better, and I'll check my email again today to keep in touch. I need to keep traveling and make the most of my vacation before it disappears. I think I'll have REVERSE culture shock when I return to the USA!

I'm doing my laundry in the hostel laundry room. I just met a guy from Japan who is traveling all over Europe with a train pass and he's seen England, the Netherlands, and Belgium, but he doesn't like Amsterdam because his passport and money were all stolen there. Now my clothes are in the dryer and I have to hang around for another hour. But its all good because I can listen to Budapest Radio until Mr. Japan clumps my laundry on the floor so he can put his laundry in.

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