I started off this week celebrating the end of my first European music festival with a sunrise beach party and a tesla taxi ride along the Danube in Budapest. I spent an ungodly amount of time on a train and was even able to squeeze in a fancy dinner in Vienna. I spent the remainder of my week in Berlin resting and resetting from the crazy past few weeks of my life. I’ve been all over the place this summer and I am so grateful for the friends and family I have made and met along the way. Now it’s time to check out and recharge my batteries for a week before the second half of my summer begins.
FINAL FESTIVAL DAY
Holy cow, what a week. I can officially cross “weeklong European music festival” off my bucket list and it was more than anything I expected. Every day of the festival was completely different than the previous and I made a ton of new friends and memories throughout. The last day of the festival was one of my favorites because I started off the night screaming lyrics at Princess Nokia and Arctic Monkeys with my girls before meeting up with the guys at Elrow and crowd surfing on blow up pool toys until sunrise. To savor the final moments of the festival, my friends and I hung out at the beach until the sun rise. I was the first to fall asleep on the beach and tap out for a few hours of sleep before officially starting my day. It took about 45 minutes to walk off of the island and when I got to the official taxi pool I was greeted by my chariot home… a tesla with a glass ceiling and the license plate SEX 609. Truly couldn’t imagine a better final exist from Sziget. Until next year! <3
EVENING BUDAPEST WALKING TOUR
The remainder of our time in Budapest was spent more wholesomely with sunset walks around the city and evening drinks with family and friends.
IMAGINING MY LIFE IN BUDAPEST
I really love Budapest and the more time I spend here the more I never want to leave. Maybe on one of my next trips I will cancel my return and stay for good. Time will tell.
TOO MUCH TIME ON A TRAIN
The journey home from Budapest was honestly comedic. To start the trip off, we lost track of time and barely made it to our overnight train departing from Budapest. Once we were onboard the trip was delightful and we were able to work in the café car and relax with rounds of free tea. However, it was such a lovely experience that I barely noticed our train was delayed enough that we had to miss our connection in Vienna. When we finally got to Vienna, we went straight to the information desk and they let us know that there were no more trains departing for the evening.
Luckily for us, the Deutsch Bahn was completely to blame and we were given free hotel vouchers and first class tickets for train rides the next day. I would have loved to be home in one day, but I think a free Vienna vacation and not sleeping on an overnight train is a fair trade off. To make the most of our free day in Vienna we went out to dinner and treated ourselves with three-euro sign falafel salads and pasta. In the morning I went on a little walk and enjoyed Vienna in the morning, then we hopped back onto the train for round 2.
The second train leg was headed to Nuremburg and big surprise here… it was delayed too. When I got to Nuremburg the process to get a new train ticket only took 2 minutes and then I was booked first class on the next train out. To kill time I called my parents for a quick catch up and then boarded the final train ride home. When I finally got back to Berlin I walked straight to Curry36 and scarfed down my favorite order. After 33 hours of living in train stations, I’m starting to wonder if it was a sign that I shouldn’t have left Budapest.
REST AND RESET IN BERLIN
I spent the remainder of my week in Berlin resting and resetting from the crazy past few weeks of my life. I’ve been all over the place this summer and I am so grateful for the friends and family I have made and met along the way. Now it’s time to check out and recharge my batteries by binge watching Audrey Hepburn and not doing anything for a week. before the second half of my summer begins.
