Terror, fried bread, and musical fountains.

Wrapping up.

Our last day in Budapest was comprised of an interesting mix of activities. First, we spent a good chunk of time buying our train ticket for the following day. The timings listed on the railway’s website were erroneous and figuring out the proper information involved two different ticket offices in two different locations.Once our tickets were purchased we were ready for some more exploration. Our first stop was at the House of Terror, a museum that details life in Hungary under the fascist Nazi regime and the Soviet controlled communist regime that immediately followed.The museum is located in the very spot that these regimes housed their secret police. Hundreds of people were brought to this building and jailed or executed in the basement. The basement cells have been recreated for visitors and are truly eerie to view. On the upper floors screens plays videos of people detailing the atrocities they lived through under both regimes.

Although many of the displays required reading long paragraphs on copy paper to be understood, the experience was still powerful. The scariest part was realizing that these horrible events happened really not so long ago.

After our somber visit to the House of Terror we walked around a bit searching for our next attraction. For me, that happened to be really tall ice cream.

We also stopped by The Great Synagogue (the largest in Eurasia) and The Great Market Hall.

I was mostly interested in getting a taste of lángos, fried bread with garlic.

That evening we strolled out to a bridge to get a nice capture of the city at golden hour.

Then we continued on to Margaret Island to spend our evening in the park. We enjoyed laying in the grass and listening to the musical fountain. It was so much simpler than the fancy one at Dubai Mall. We both decided we’d take the simple fountain over the lavish one any day.