2. The 10 pm rule

Apparently Saturday Night is the party night in Budapest, and the “quiet after 10” rule is not strictly enforced here. Judging by the noise, there may or may not have been a party in our living room. Mom was confused as to why we didn't get an invite.

This morning we attended 10 o’clock mass at St. Stephens Basilica. It was entirely in Latin, but I recognized some words (amen, excelsis, etc.) and spent the rest of the time admiring the décor. We would have stayed after and taken a few more pictures, but tourists weren’t allowed to stick around and I think our shants (shorts/pants) gave us away.

Arden has been enthusiastically been studying photography for school, so on the walk back home she got a hold of my camera and took some shots.

We also visited the House of Terror museum which was used as the party headquarters of the Hungarian Nazi’s, the Hungarian Arrow Cross Party, during World War 2 and housed communist terror organizations later. The museum was 3 stories and told a very thorough history of communist Hungary.

Tonight we had a breakthrough with Scarlet. We are two days into the trip and our “trip diet” is driving some of us crazy. Seeing this, Scarlet decided to share some of her own precious candy. She has two zip lock bags full of it. I’m not sure where it came from, but I’m not complaining.