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Bopping around Budapest - Part 3 - a Spa day and coffee with the animals

Day three in Budapest dawned -Days one  and two were pretty busy so I decided to have a chill day.  I had almost five full days in the city so could relax a little as I knew I wouldn't see all the main sights and that was okay. I no longer have the inclination nor the energy to rush around at full speed and an afternoon stop in a coffee shop to work on my journal is a given.  As in most big cities you would need a lifetime to see everything.  I would love to rent an apartment in Budapest for two to three weeks and just wander the city - trying out new coffee shops, looking around museums, taking oodles of photographs and just finding out what makes the city tick.  In fact, I would love to do this in all the cities I love (besides London of course, I do that now!) worldwide.  Hmmm...I am giving myself ideas here...get back on track Laurie.  The Mineral Bath Budapest is known for its great mineral baths. Szechenyi bath is the biggest one but I had read parts of it were close

A scaredy cat does the Skerwink Trail (or "I Get By With a Little Help from my Friends" )

On my trip to Newfoundland this past June while I did enjoy a few walks,  I passed on a few I know I would have enjoyed due to fear.   I am a scaredy cat.  Yes, I can jump a plane and go anywhere in the world by myself without a care but ask me to walk over rocks and close to the edge of a cliff and I turn into a whimpering mess.  I still have confidence issues with my knees of course and having episodic vertigo due to a fall several years ago, I can topple over if I turn my head the wrong way. Ever since the fall in my apartment (caused by tripping on a sandal I had left out while rushing to the phone I have a huge fear of falling again.  WHACK!  That's the sound of my hand hitting my head remembering that stupid move) I dented my knee cap which means I still have some issues with swelling and discomfort as according to the surgeon the area is still inflamed. So needless to say I have been absolutely terrified and paranoid about falling again.  It doesn't help that I don