Feature Article About A Travel-6

My Journey & Me: Budapest in Hungary

Naoto Oishi(Faculty of Economics, 4th Year)

Oishi, left, with the Brazilian friend
  I really love to travel with meeting new people, making new friends, and experiencing things I normally couldnft do. I get really excited when I hear the word gtravel.h But most of all, I love traveling because I get to share the most memorable times with my friends and becoming gtruerh friends. I get really excited that I canft sometimes sleep before taking off to a new journey.
  I have been to America, Mexico, Brazil, Korea, Italy, Australia, Switzerland, Portugal, Hungary, France, England and Germany. Out of all those places I have been to, I want to introduce to you the most memorable trip I had.
  I want to talk about the trip to Budapest in Hungary. A friend I went with was a Brazilian dorm mate who I met when I was studying at Germany. He was a closest friend as well. This was an unforgettable trip because it was my first time to travel with a foreigner. Not only that, but I was also able to experience something I normally couldnft do. To tell the truth, I was very worried about how the vacation was going to turn out, but in the end, it was a best trip ever!
  The first day when my friend and I arrived in Budapest, it was already dark and we went into the city to have dinner. Then, a Russian lady came up to ask if we had a map and she invited us to have a cup of coffee. She then led us there. But it wasnft a cup of coffee but rather champagne! We werenft given a menu and the lady already ordered the drinks for us. By the time the bill came, and looked at it, it was 70 euros per glass of champagne! It was a pain for us because we were trying to make the vacation as cheap as possible. The Russian lady forced us to pay. We realized this woman was teamed up with this bar! We were, thankfully, able to pay the 140 euros. We immediately went back to our hotel after we paid for our drinks, and talked to an employee about a problem we just faced. An employee said, gWhat you two just experienced was the Budapest best way for the visitors to be tricked.h gUsually,h as he continued, gThe woman takes 500 euros.h Compared to that, my friend and I were lucky. We just looked at each other and started laughing. Afterwards, we went to the pub to have some drinks and talked a lot. Normally when you have this sort of experience, you feel you just had a bad start on your trip. For me, I just set it as gI bought a good experience with a cheaper price.h
  We had many more problems along the way but the trip to Budapest truly was a great vacation. The Chinese woman, who we met at the hostel, also came with us to Budapest. We all went the beautiful places, ate delicious foods, and celebrated the New Years together. My friend and I had a small fight here and there, but we got over soon enough. Going traveling with a friend and sharing the same time together, being able to experience many things, made this trip wonderful.
  Traveling to me, is not just eating the countriesf particular meal or looking at the great view. It is also meeting with different people and traveling with your friends and making it into a memorable trip. I want to continue to travel with my friends more, and experience more things. I hope to make more valuable experiences throughout the rest of my life. Hope everyone will find your own traveling styles and create your own memorable trips!
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