BUDA BUDA BUDA BUDA ROCKIN EVERYWHERE

When I say 'Buda' you say 'Pest' say 'BUUUUUDA' 'PEST' Say 'BUUUUDA' 'Pest'

Yes, this is the chant I heard from Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, a bus driver and two Irish guys we met at Sziget Festival who were wearing 'Buda' and 'Pest' T-shirts. It's fair to say Budapest was perhaps the rowdiest time I had in Europe. I began my Hungarian experience with a seven day music festival with some of the biggest names in music like Calvin Harris, OutKast, The Kooks, Blink 182 and finished it with the ultimate two-week hangover, new friends and a new found love for my favourite European city.

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SZIGET FESTIVAL
Sziget Festival 2014 was about as crazy as I thought it would be. A seven day party on the Island of Freedom with 400,000 people from all across the globe is bound to be epic. However the festival wasn't just music, it had arts areas, plenty of food and fun activities all across the island. It was so huge it was almost impossible to see everything the festival had to offer.

Above is the closing act Calvin Harriss, I kid you not, I WAS FRONT ROW!!!!! YES! FRONT ROW of this epic photo. It was the most surreal experience, they handed out 10,000 glowsticks to the crowd to dance along with the beats. With my best friends by my side, we kept looking at each other and our faces said it all. It was mind blowing to say the least, perhaps the best night of my trip.

Roses really smell like, sweat, alcohol and bloody good beats. OutKast definitely delivered the goods, which was one upped by the fact I got to go on shoulders for 'Hey Ya!' ALRIGHT ALRIGHT ALRIGHT ALRIGHT NOW LADIEEEEEES

Tattoo artist at a music festival full of drunken party goers high on life: Not a good idea. Literally had to convince my friend not to get a tattoo, which she ended up getting on a drunken night in Laos in my absence. Also saw a guy who got his dogs name tattooed on his ass.

BUDAPEST: The City  If you go to Sziget Festival, I STRONGLY suggest you stay an extra week before or after the festival to experience the city. The first day I arrived in my hostel, a guy said to me welcome to the black hole of Europe! It sucks you in, no matter where you go you'll always be back in Budapest. It seemed to be a common denominator that every traveller staying in the hostel had been there for 6 weeks or so, or had extended their stay in Budapest. Of course, I was no exception. I stayed at a party hostel called Carpe Noctem Vitae, it is one of five or so hostels that go out together and host events every night. I went to a boat party, sparty (Spa Party: A party with hundreds of people in the famous Budapest hot baths) open mike night, bar crawls and jaeger trains. It's fair to say, my stay in Budapest was extremely hazy in the best possible way. I had more fun partying in Budapest than I had my whole trip.

The best thing about Budapest is that it's not just a party city, there is so much to see and do during the day as well. The city has lots of bridges connecting the Buda side to the Pest side. I stayed in the Pest side which is the newer side, with shopping and lots of great food. Definitely go to the baths if your in Budapest and walk up the mountain to the lookout for a phenomenal view of the whole city. One night we went up to the lookout with food and drinks and had a picnic whilst watching the sun go down.

ATTENTION ALL VINTAGE SHOPPERS: Budapest is for you. I found the most amazing vintage clothing shops. If I weren't on an ever shrinking budget and only had a backpack for storage, I would of bought the whole store. Sadly I had to settle on a top, but it's a beautiful one of a kind top at that.

SPARTY! A must do in Budapest.