Trip to the former Austro-Hungarian Empire - Day 7

My four day trip stay in Vienna has come to a close. It is time to catch the train back to Budapest

Taking one last look at Westbahnhof train station. I supposed this is where Celine said goodbye to Jesse in 'Before Sunrise'. Well have a great life...

Back in Budapest in 3 hours, still got more travelling to do though

As it is called the City of Baths, it is mandatory to visit one of the many thermal baths Budapest gets to offer. but it could be quite confusing if you are Magyar-challenged.

My choice of bath - Rudas Gyógyfürdő

Budapest is actually comprised of two distinct regions, Buda & Pest, that separated by the Danube river. Rudas Gyógyfürdő is located in the Buda side, which is considered the more upscale part of the city

Entrance of Rudas Gyógyfürdő

This is your admission ticket and you should keep it on the whole time, even when you are bathing

Admission plus locker cabinet costs 3100 HUF, about 14 USD

This machine will assign you to a locker cabinet when you tap your admission watch to it

And the watch will unlock the cabinet also

The admission fee allows you to stay in the pool for as long as you want (until closing of course). For an extra 3300 HUF to 7200 HUF, you can enjoy up to an hour of body massage. Because I need to catch a movie at 8:45 p.m. I only ask for a 20 minute of firming massage.

Puskin Cinema, sort of like the Kendall Square of Budapest. You can catch the American art house movies in English here

The night before I left for Vienna I walked by Puskin and saw the poster of 'A Grand Budapest Hotel'. How can you resist when you are in Budapest yourself?

Ticket costs only 1100 HUF (about 5 USD) , exceptionally cheap even by Budapest's standard

Interior of the cinema

The theater inside

With its velvet chairs and gleaming headlights, the Puskin theater still retains the classic elegance of the bygone era, which is eerily fitting for a movie like 'A Grand Budapest Hotel'

Next to the cinema is a cafe that has drawn some really divisive reviews. Some said it is a can't miss while other it is a total rip-off

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