Budapest, Hungary: Day 2

    We really hoped that Connor would let us sleep in on our second day, but he woke us up at 7:30. He was so happy, I couldn't help but wake up and play with him. Our room had a small kitchenette in an attached room, so I got our breakfast ready: banana bread that I made before we left, strawberries and grapes, and breakfast sausage. We brought a lot of snacks and breakfast from home as you can see. After breakfast, we cleaned up our dishes, got dressed, and met up with Morgan and Levi.

 All ready to explore Budapest!

     Our plan for the day was to buy tickets for the Hop On-Hop Off bus and tour the city that way. Their wasn't a bus stop directly in front of our hotel, but there was one at the Citadel pretty close to our hotel. We had to walk up Gellert Hill to get to it. Morgan and I thought it was a rough walk, but it was worth it once we got to the top. The views of the city were beautiful, and we got to see some neat stuff.

 We came across these interesting sculptures.

 Our view about halfway up the hill.

 My Valentinte's.

 Liberation Monument at the top of the hill.

    After we walked around the Citadel, we hopped on the bus. They gave us earphones so we could hear information about the city as we were driving to each stop. It was interesting, but a little hard to pay attention when Connor was wanting all the attention on him.

 We don't look like tourists at all. ;)

We got off the bus a few stops down. Our goal was to find Hooters. We had a coupon for a free beer, so we couldn't let it go to waste!

 Pretty architecture and flowers on our way to Hooters. We also saw the State Opera House.

 We found it!

Connor liked drinking out of a big cup. {Thanks for sharing your water Morgan.}

    Once we were miserably full, we left Hooters and walked around until our boat tour started at 5. The guys goofed around and Connor fell asleep while shopping for a new watch for daddy.

 Holding on tight to his stick, even while sleeping.

    Morgan and I went into this amazing department store. It was way out of our price range, but we didn't know that until after we saw that they carried designers such as Armani, Dolce & Gabbana, and Hermes, just to name a few. It was so pretty inside, and smelled amazing! We felt really out of place, but were soacking it all in.  As we were walking out of the store, they handed us a rose for Valentine's Day.

Pretty, isn't it?

 Acting silly.

  St. Stephen's Basilica and drinking a white chocolate mocha. I was a very happy wife after I got Starbucks!

    After stopping at Starbucks, it was time for our river cruise. There were so many people waiting to board the boat. After waiting for about 15 minutes, it was finally time to get on. The stairs were so narrow, but thanks to Levi, I was able to get through the crowd and get the stroller down them. {Aaron was further back in line with Connor.} Instead of sitting on the top of the boat where it was cold and really crowded, we got a perfect seat at a table with booth on the main level.

 So much to take in. We couldn't get him to look at the camera.

 Parliament.

 It got dark really quickly.

    After our boat tour, we went to Starbucks {again} to figure out where we were going to eat dinner. Aaron made us reservations at New York Cafe for 9:30. It was late, but it was all they had available.

 Connor ate at Starbucks.

We had a couple of hours to waste, so we walked around and had a drink at a cafe.

    After a long walk, we finally made it New York Cafe at the Boscolo Hotel. I had been wanting to eat there since I saw pictures of it. It looked just as pretty in person as it did in the pictures I saw online.

 Boscolo Hotel.

 The ceiling was painted and had a ton of gold accents.

 Perfect Valentine's Dinner with my favorite boys!

   After dinner, we were all exhausted {and full}. We came straight back to the hotel and the boys passed out within minutes of laying down.

Sweet boys.

P.S. As I wrote this blog post, I couldn't help but snack on the chocolate I bought on the first day of our trip. You can't get much better then chocolate, cheesecake, and strawberries. 

 I wish I bought more!!!