Lausanne Half Marathon - October 30th
While still in running shape, but losing my marathon form I ran the Lausanne half marathon on October 30th. I've ran this race in the prior year and it's is likely one of the prettiest races that I've ever run; PwC also sponsors any employee in the canton that would like to run so the registration is free so why not run!
After running two marathons in 2016, I've really relaxed my weekly running routine so I took this race as an opportunity to sightsee and appreciate the scenery; even stopping for pictures where I was asked if anything was wrong.
The course runs along Lake Geneva with mountains in the background and through the Lavaeux vineyards, it was quite a scenic run!
Following the run, the PwC runners grabbed dinner and drinks before I made my way back to Geneva on the train.
Budapest - November 5th
With work requiring me to be in Brno, Czech Republic the following week, I took advantage of the flight in the region and spent the weekend in Budapest.
I arrived late on Friday and spent Saturday on a walking tour to see the cities' sites. Budapest fest very similar to visiting Prague although I did not anticipate how cold it would be while there and was quite underdressed.
After shivering through the walking tour, I grabbed lunch with someone from the walking tour. Fun fact from lunch would be Hungarian goulash is more so a soup rather than stew; although apparently American goulash is thought to have originated from Hungary (only similarities are there's meat, paprika, and red sauce).
To warm up from being outside in the elements, I went to a Hungarian bath house. There are several throughout the city as the entire country has many thermal springs. The baths are Turkish baths with large pools and hot tubs.
After warming up, I grabbed drinks at a local wine bar with some fellow Americans in town for a medical conference, grabbed dinner, and went to a ruin bar (szimpla). The ruin bars are a theme of Budapest of buildings from the communist regime that were vacant following the fall of communism and are now very popular bars within the city.
The following day, I relaxed and did a wine tasting in the city and prepared for the upcoming work week. Hungarian famous wines are Bull's Blood, which is a blend of reds and also sweet white wines (similar to mead). It was all quite good, and a good contrast compared to my visits to Bordeaux and Burgundy the prior summer.
Very fun trip and would love to get back again soon to tour outside of the city.
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