Bryn There, Done That

Bryn here, and I’m so excited to tell you about one of my favourite places so far... Budapest, Hungary. Now this is somewhere that I had no real expectations for. I was drawn to this city simply because I wanted to see “the motherland,” as ‘Nyeste’ is Hungarian. [My great grandfather and his brother came to Canada on a cattle boat many years ago]. We were very pleasantly surprised and I recommend it to anyone and everyone! Budapest has two main areas which were formerly separate cities; Buda on the west bank of the Danube River, and Pest on the east bank. Buda has many more hills, and people in this area claim the best part of Pest is the view of Buda. People in flat Pest find their neighbours across the river to be a bit snobby, so we heard. We stayed on the “Pest side, best side.”  Standing on the Buda side, looking at Pest. The view from our great AirBnB . We arrived from Mykonos, Greece, on an early morning flight; my bag did not. We stayed positive that it would eventua...

Giasás! Mitchell here... The pace has picked up as we’ve “Bryn” to Greece and gone already.  Some people opt to spend a week island hopping, staying in one place for just a night or two;  Bryn and I opted to choose just one island, so after 3 nights spent in Athens, we hopped on an early morning boat, bound for Mykonos.  Thumbs up for Greece  Athens is a really cool city. It’s also known as the ancient capital of europe, and for good reason. There are several unfathomably ancient sites peppered within the metropolis, the most famous of which is the Acropolis.  This is where our sightseeing began, and it was perhaps not too well thought out. It was the heat of the sunny day and we had just scarfed down a gyro platter and Greek salad, not thinking our guts would protest the rice-less meal.  Bloated and feverish, we began the walk up to the magnificent Acropolis, taking in other ruins and views on our ascent. Our first taste of Greece  The Acropolis ...