we started the day in gellert baths...it was so wonderful!
we made this before and after picture.
you will not find a difference, it's ok, we felt it, we were so relaxed and laaaazy
because we were so lazy, we were a bit late for our return train to bratislava. we had to run a bit, saw the train track in a hurry, and got inside the train.
we managed, we thought! and fell asleep.
we were woken up by the ticket lady, who pinched the ticket: not a word.
a bit after, everyone started kicking us out of our seats, because all seats were reserved. everyone spoke only hungarian. we were stopping in places not familiar at all.
so i went to speak with the ticket lady:
- this train is not going to bratislava, is it?
- hah! no! this train is going back to budapest.
- is there any connection to bratislava from any of these stops?
- (two phone calls, a lot of checking in the machine, conversation with the cleaning lady...)
- no. the best is to go back to budapest.
- when does it arrive?
- at 21h30.
ah ah ah
this was funny then. and we met a nice man. when we explained our story, in an imaginary map in the toilet door (we had no seats anymore) he said:
"so, you both come from braga in portugal"
in the meantime, another ticket man showed up, and without speaking a single word of english, we understood the train would only arrive at 22h30, making the journey a 7 hours one. he was very nice and told us to seat in the first carriage.
so we arrived again in budapest, and ran to the bus station where we could get a bus as 23h30 to bratislava.
and as i was buying the ticket, the man tells me: with no id card you cannot travel with us, it's our policy.
i had forgotten my ID card in bratislava.
so...what to do?
we are both in our homes, safe and sound!