Today we went to the old town square and saw the clock tower. The clock tower was really cool and the view from it is very good
It was, again, hard to get good pictures because there were just so many people.
Next, we went to go see the castle. It was a really cool castle with another great view.
Unfortunately the cathedral was closed so we will go back tomorrow to see it.
Dinner
We went to dinner at an Italian restaurant in town. Good food. You are probably thinking, “ok, cool Elliot. Why is that worth mentioning?” It is worth mentioning because it was the first time in my life I did something: not leave a tip. This waiter was a jerk. First thing he did was downright lie to us about the size of the pizza saying it was really small (using his hands to show us the size) and only for one person. We later saw the pizzas. They were quite large and definitely shareable. He must have just wanted to sell us more expensive things. Next he wouldn’t fill up my glass with water. He said that I would have to buy a bottle. And here was the last straw...I was over talking to this group of Irish girls at the table next to us and he comes up and asks me, “Would you like to buy some drinks for these ladies?” I knew exactly what he was doing-trying to put me on the spot in front of them where it would be harder to say no. Kind of like those guys who try to sell roses to guys sitting with their girlfriend at a restaurant. Not going to happen. I just told him, “no thanks, we’re good.” He seemed surprised and stood there for a second and looked at me. He then ignored our table for the rest of time that we were there. We gave his tip to the Italian guitar player who was awesome.
Going out
We went out to a club (Karlovy Lazne) with the Corvinus kids. It is supposedly the biggest club in Central Europe (it is five stories with dance floors on each). It was all right. Definitely a step above the places I have been here in Budapest (not counting the Spa Party I went to) but definitely a step below that club we went to in Serbia (on the 8th floor of an office building in Belgrade).
I thought that while I was here I might as well try absinthe. I actually tried it twice. A French kid from Corvinus bought a bottle and had it at the hostel. I tried a taste of it and it wasn’t really a big deal. A little strong but nothing crazy. The lady who sold it to him said that “here’s the fake stuff I sell to tourists and here is some real (and more expensive) stuff that I’ll sell to you.” That poor kid actually fell for it. The next time I tried absinthe was at the club. This absinthe was entirely different. It was probably the strongest alcohol that I have ever tasted. It burned up into my face. It was so strong. Unlike what most people think it doesn’t really make you hallucinate. It is just a strong, hard alcohol and a couple of shots of it will make you so drunk you can’t count to four.
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