Greetings from Budapest, HUNGARY

Arriving in Budapest by train from Wien, I looked at the train platform and thought what country have I arrived in .... India! There were masses of people everywhere. And the majority of them were trying to get onto our train. The handful of us who were disembarking, looked at each other, said our goodbyes and good lucks and prayers! and made our way off the train. The train was continuing its journey onto Belgrade. I managed to located my cousin Mark in the midst of all the chaos and we were on our way.
Budapest is totally different to any other city I have ever been to in Europe. The language for starters. "S" is pronounced like a "sh" .. "sz" pronounced like an "s" ... "e with a dash on top" is "ee" ... hehe! My brain is still on polish mode .. "sz" is "sh".
Backtracking a bit now. Krakow. Loved it. The atmosphere .. the people .. the architecture .. everything about it was amazing. Did a trip outside of the city too .. to Wieliczka. It's a salt mine. First mined in the middle ages .. and still operational to this very day. There are a few lovely additions to the mine .. namely the Chapel of Saint Kinga, where all the wall decorations, statues and other carvings are all made out of the salt.
From Krakow I journeyed to Wien. Spent a few days there as well, exploring old haunts and finding new ones. It's amazing what one can discover when they put away the map and take a wrong turn ....
That's it for now. Off to explore some more and maybe even relax in a heated mineral pool or two.