The Voyage - Days 5 and 6

Day five. Vienna, Austria.
The trip to Vienna was fairly short and uneventful. Our hotel, thankfully, had one of our rooms prepared for us when we arrived so we dumped everyone's luggage in the room and set out to explore the city of Vienna. Initially we set out as a 'herd' and explored Saint Stephen's Basilica along with a few smaller palaces.
About midday, the herd split; Matt, Sierra, Patty, Ken and Sarah took the tram-bus to an, apparently, disappointing castle while Brian and I set out on foot to explore the city more.
On our trip we saw Roman ruins, beautiful statues, huge gardens bigger than football fields, Parliament, the 2014 film festival and tons of gorgeous buildings of unknown use. The two of us rounded off our night walk with a food stand brautwurst.
Back at the hotel Brian and I talked about everything we saw on our solo adventure and rest of the herd decided to take some time in the morning to go see everything for themselves with Brian as tour guide.
Lesson of the day:
1. When asking for a hotdog, specify that a bun is desired or else you'll get just the dog.

Day six. Budapest, Hungry.
The majority of the herd set back out into the city while Sierra and I went on a hunt - a hunt for an omelette.
We failed.
After about an hour of walking the streets and subways, we settled on a pastry shop. After breakfast, we hung out in the hotel lounge until the others returned; it was relaxing.
We left Vienna behind and arrived in Budapest, Hungary during the later half of the day. The later half of the day meaning after the majority of the banks closed, which meant we couldn't pay for parking at our hostel since Hungry uses the Forint and we had Euros. We ended up in a mall three stories tall, hungry, impatient, and frustrated with pockets full of useless cash, searching for a currency exchange booth. After a minor meltdown, we found an exchange booth and got the coins needed to pay for parking.
With usable cash in hand, we were finally able to relax and eat an amazing dinner on our boat hostel. Yes, the hostel was a boat, on the Danube river. The boat had classic tiny cabins with cement firm beds.
After dinner we figured out the subway system, with it's old Soviet boxcars, and we rode into downtown to meet Brian and Anne, Sarah's friends. They were great. We discussed tons of things and they gave us some great pointers about Budapest. After wine and good company we rode the subway back to the boat for an unrestful night of sleep and frustration with old junky door locks.
Lessons of the day:
1. Always exchange a little bit of cash, even at horrible exchange rates, before going into a new country, most places require coins for parking.
2. Always test out how the door locks feel before going to bed, if you don't, the universe mandates that you shall need to pee very badly and you won't be able to get the f*ing door open