This morning we left the house where we were staying and took a bus into Bupdapest. We found a café where I had noodles to eat. The weather in Budapest was very cold and snowy. I had to put everything on that I had to stay warm. Then we went on the metro and the escalators to get there were very fast. You had to jump on to get onto them. The metro took us to a place called the Hotel Gellert where we wanted to go swimming. The pool was closed but would open again the next day. So we went home on the bus.

The next day we went into Budapest on the bus again and went to the Hotel Gellert. My dad and I went to the pool together. We had to buy a ticket to get in because it is a very, very, very famous pool. It is one of the top 10 swimming pools in the world. You want to know why? Well, it’s because that one of the pools outside has a wave maker. And also, all of the water in every single pool is natural hot springs water. Since it’s winter, the outside pool was closed, but my dad and I went swimming inside.

The pool inside is the exact same thing, it has natural fresh warm water. I sat under a lion’s head that was spouting water out of its mouth. It felt really good. The whole pool is hot tub temperature. Then there was another warmer pool that was even bigger than the kiddie pool at La Madrona. All of these older men were gathered around it. Then we went to the spas where only men could be there. They didn’t have to wear anything at all. Don’t worry, I was wearing a swimsuit and so was my dad. Boy did I see stuff that I should not mention to other kids my age.

After the pool we had dinner at another café. Then we took the bus back to Diosd, the village where we were staying. Then the day after that, we went into Budapest again to see the castle. It was a very old castle way up on a hill.

My favorite thing about Budapest was probably the pool because I love swimming.