Budapest

So this past weekend we spent time in Budapest with The Kongs. It was so fun getting to travel with our close friends.  Josh and I made sure to take advantage of every second we had with them and we enjoyed getting to see Budapest 's top sights.  We even managed to squeeze in a real Hungarian thermal bath experience! =)  Ohh My was it AMAZING!!! By far one of the highlights of our Weekend.

Monday morning we parted ways and we headed back to Warsaw, while The Kongs traveled back home to Houston. =(  Just wanted to Thank you guys again for coming out to visit us! We had a BLAST and we will miss you guys terribly!!

back streets of Budapest, Hungary

The Kongs

in front of Mathias Church

Budapest's Parliament building

Korosfoi

in front of the castle

 in Budapest's Market Hall getting
a real taste of Hungarian cuisine

Szechenyi bath, one of Budapest's famous thermal baths
that is partially supplied by hot springs
(FYI: those are not EM and I's bathing suits. we had to end up renting. NOT cute!
& those are supposed to be towels! hmmm they look like sheets to me)

Loving the warm water on such a cold dreary day! =)

some kind of flavored Hungarian Liquor that
about killed the Boys! 

Hungarian Red wine....YUM!

Budapest's Parliament Building

We always have our Rick Steve's!

The 2nd largest Synagogue in the World and the
largest one in Europe

Chain Bridge

Me and my Sweetie!

The Market Hall: Where you can find the most
delicious food!

Beautiful night shot along the Danube river

"CRAZY Bills" by Clark Kongs

getting ready for our river cruise

enjoying some delicious Champagne

last group shot before we part ways...=(
We had fun Budapest!

The Kongs are HERE!

Yay for the Kongs finally getting here! We had a fantastic weekend in Warsaw and finally got to enjoy what seemed to be the first weekend of Spring weather. Lets hope this weather is here to stay because we just caught a small glimpse of what Summer is going to be like here in Warsaw and lets just say it looks MARVELOUS!

The Kongs travel on to Krakow and Austria and we will meet up with them this upcoming weekend in Budapest for a Hungarian filled weekend before they are back off to Houston. We are soo grateful they came to visit and what a treat to get to hang out with our buddies again.  =)

The Manards & The Kongs
Warsaw March 2011

Night #1

Just Jammin!

The Boys picking up the MOST delicious
Kebabs for a late night snack!

Night #2

First time experiencing Poland's "Klubs"

 Polish Shots: "Mad Dog"
&
The beginning to a very memorable night

=)

Josh rocking out the Fist Pump

Awwwwwww

Josh showing off his dance moves!

Miss you already

I knew it would be hard when Mom left today but I did not think it was going to be this hard. =(  Something about knowing she is thousands and thousands of miles away, makes it that much harder. The last 3 weeks flew by and I am left wondering where on earth did all time go!?!  I miss you already Mom and I can not wait until we are together again! To the most BEAUTIFUL person I know..............

I LOVE YOU!!!!! 

Berlin

Berlin is an easy weekend getaway from Warsaw. In just 5hrs by train we were in chic, posh, ohhh soo lovely Berlin! I am not really sure what I was expecting but 2 days simply was not enough.  Of course we got a good overview of the city but Josh and I have already planned to return to experience the vibrant night life. Sausages and beer are plentiful and as soon as we arrived they had us at HELLO!!!! It was our first visit for all three of us and we left incredibly impressed. Its amazing to see what this city has gone through and how it has managed to come out on top in such a short time.  I wish I had taken more pictures of the city at night but there is always next time.

Enjoying some good German sausage

Have some good German Beer

The east side of what is left of the Berlin Wall

Josh illustrating how tall the Berlin wall is

Berlin's HUGE (brand new) train station: Hauptbahahof
Bye bye Beautiful Berlin