No Points for Second Best

This place has a real knack for second best. In nearly everything they do they win the silver. Not in the Olympic Games of course, but in life. The Parliament building is by self-proclamation the second most beautiful parliament in Europe. They have the world's second largest synogogue, etc. etc. It is actually quite comical hearing every tour and building referred to as the second most (fill in the blank). Maybe that is why the people aren't all that friendly. If you win the gold you can be thankful, if you win bronze - hey at least you medaled. Winning silver is, well, I think Top Gun said it best. That being said, we have loved Budapest and found it to be the quintessential Eastern European town.