With last nights storm still in the air we got up on day 3 looking forward to a relaxing, treat yo’self kind of day ahead!

We headed down to breakfast with the view of keeping it to the minimum as we were going to be eating again soon. I managed to do that quite well, keeping it to a bowl of muesli wheras Liam still had his full cooked breakfast and two cinammon swirls.

After scoffing breakfast we quickly headed to our bus stop once again. We were stop number 8 and the stop we wanted was number 4 so we had to do almost the entire bus route which we were happy to do as we got to listen to more of the audio tour and learn more about the city we were quickly falling in love with.

About a 40 minute bus ride later we arrived at our first activity of the day; the New York Palace Cafe! This was probably one of the most recommended places to visit when we spoke to family and friends. It is to put it very simply a very fancy, exquisite, beautifully designed cafe. There is a section inside the entrance of the cafe that is cordoned off to allow tourists to take photos. As well as a long line of people queueing for a “walk in” table. We happily walked past these people to claim our 11am reservation and were led to a lovely table by the window.

The above picture is what we were looking around at from where we were sat.

Theres quite a selection on the menu from hot drinks, cakes, afternoon tea and main meals. I opted for the “chocolate choice” which consisted of a chocolate cake, hot chocolate and chocolate truffle. Liam ordered the “apple pie choice” and got an apple pie, cappucino and a chocolate truffle.

It was all delicious but the star of the show was the hot chocolate. It was I.N.C.R.E.D.I.B.L.E – and Ive had my fair share of hot chocolates. I mean…look at this caress…

For all this it was approximately £40 so considerably more than a normal cafe but this was no normal cafe. We enjoyed our tasty cakes and drinks whilst admiring the beautiful place and people watching! Bliss!

Following our morning treat we decided to head back to the City Park as this is where we needed to be for later on. There is alot to do in this area but we first decided to check our Heroes Square.

Heroes Square is the largest Square in Budapest and is located at the end of Andrassy Avenue. It commemorates Hungarian leaders and other “heroes” of Budapest in stone around the millenium column.

Another popular attraction in City Park is Vajdahunyad Castle. This building was originally built out of cardboard and as part of the millenium exhibition. It was designed to celebrate various diffrent architectural styles and the castle was so popular that it was rebuilt out of stone and brick. Its lovely to look at and I thought it felt almost like it were from a fairy tale.

As you can see the weather was quite stormy again by this point so decided to head to our main activity for the afternoon the Szechenyi Baths!

The Szechenyi baths are one of the largest spa baths in Europe. It has large outdoor natural medicinal hot spring baths and 15 indoor pools of varying temperatures along with pletny of different steam rooms and saunas.

You pay for either a cabin – which is a private cabin for you to get changed into and lock your belongings in or you can have a locker and get changed in the communal changing rooms. We opted for the cabin which was locked and unlocked with a wrist band. The ticket allows you all day entry until about 10pm. We had a wonderfully relaxing time and left feeling thoroughly refreshed!

After our relaxing afternoon we headed back to the hotel for a shower and a change of clothes before heading out for dinner. We walked over the bridge and into town to a street we remembered had alot of restaurants on it and we chose a restaurant called Wasabi which was very similar to Wagamamas. They has lush food and lusher cocktails!

Also the seats were swings which looked and sounded alot more fun than it was! We soon moved to a different table.

After dinner we took a wander through the surrounding streets to explore. We enjoyed looking at all the different bars and shops. There were lots of people milling around and it was a very chilled out atmosphere. We also came across a Pirate themed sweet shop which was fun!

During our explorarion we decided to find somewhere to try a Chimney cake and we happened to be near to the most popular Chimney Cake place in Budapest – Molnars Kurtoskalacs. There was quite a queue when we arrived despite it being about 9pm but it soon went down and we ordered half a chimney cake covered in cinammon and filled with ice cream and a whole one covered in chocolate. They were great! Not too dissimilar to a croissant.

They were all made fresh at the time and there is a large window you can watch them preparing them from outside.

Full of food, cocktails and chimney cake we made our way back to our hotel. As we got to the opposite side of the bridge we were distracted by the sound of some live music playing. Alongside the entrance of the bridge on the bank of the river is a bar called Platoon who were playing host to a jazzy band called Abase. We spontaneously decided to have grab a drink and join the dancing next to the rivers edge. We danced into the night before finally stumbling back to our hotel. A wonderful unexpected end to the day!