Sushi Dinner @ KYOTO in Budapest!

Hello again!!!

Ahhh... a peaceful, slightly rainy December night in Budapest. What a great night to treat myself and go grab a GREAT sushi dinner at my favorite restaurant within walking distance from my hotel: Kyoto! (Literally... it's kitty-corner from the doors of the front lobby. Perfect!)

I took a couple extra minutes to enjoy this beautiful lit-up solo walk on my way to Kyoto. The rain wasn't even enough for an umbrella... it was such a beautiful and calm Saturday evening!

"Table for One, please... And, I'll start with a glass of Pinot Grigio." :-)

I love the ambience of this restaurant! Philippe and I have eaten here twice before and have had EXCELLENT sushi both times. I couldn't WAIT to order my own sushi/sashimi combination!

Drumroll, please...

WOW. Now, is that not the FRESHEST sushi/sashimi you've ever seen, or what!?? This was the combo for ONE, including salmon, yellowtail, and tuna and a salmon/avocado roll. Absolute heaven. I ate every last bite!

This was the little view from my table in the corner. I love the lights!

After my delicious dinner, I decided to take the long way home and walk down by the Cathedral to take some snaps of the Christmas tree. SO relaxing and beautiful! Just another Saturday evening in Budapest, Hungary... :-)

I truly am the LUCKIEST girl to be seeing how Christmas is celebrated around the globe. What a special holiday season it is!

The walk back to my hotel through Fashion Square of Budapest! What an enjoyable night. I love this city!

CHEERS!

-Lisa :-)

Christmas Festival: BUDAPEST STYLE!

Cheers to the end of another great trip! (Err, one mini-one, in my case. I'm STILL HERE!)

Looks like we can find Christmas Festivals this time of year wherever we go! Here are the favorites of my last crew on our last night all together... celebrating the fact that we had a GREAT trip that we will always remember! :-)



Nikki, Danny, Philippe, Andrea, and myself... enjoying a happy hour drink in Danny's room before we head out for the night and enjoy our day off in Budapest!


Cheers to 'Stress free, drama free' flights together... and making the most of our long international layovers these past 2 weeks in Kuwait, Germany, and Hungary! We're living the life as international flight attendants!!!


Danny boy & his favorite lead flight attendant, Philippe! Danny boy invited us all over to his room around 5 for drinks and cocktail snacks before we hit the 'mean streets of Budapest' for our last night out on the town!!! Look how cute... pretzels, red & white wine, cheese sticks, great friends... what else could we ask for??


The Marriott HAPPY HOUR is somewhat of a tradition for us flight attendants on our days off during the week... Buy one, get one free... whatever you want, it's yours!!! I think we've all been here once or twice before... :-)

The girls! Andrea, me, and Nikki! Is it obvious we all have a great time together?? :-)

And Nikki and Danny... two peas in a pod, these two. What a great pair of buds!

Nikki and I ALWAYS find time to laugh... :-)

Come on, boys... are we ready to go??? We're waiting!!!!

Just some goofy flight attendants playing on the bellhop cart!!! Wanna go for a ride???

Can we get a little help, please???

In our NEXT lives... when we're NOT flight attendants... can we help you bring your bags up to your rooms and possibly JUMP START your vacations??? Promise we'll be good at it!!! :-)

Moseying on down the streets of Budapest... Danny found a GLUHWINE booth. Yummy HOT WINE for all!!!!

"You guys are so cute I can't stand it!" -Andrea.

"YEAH, SO??? -us :-)

Posing with our mugs of hot wine in Fashion Square in Budapest, Hungary. THIS is the life!

Friends and wine to keep us warm... what else do we need???

CHEERS to spending the holiday season overseas together!!! We love it!!!!

Friends & fellow flight attendants long after this trip ends. WE LOVE OUR JOBS!!!!

CHEERS!!!!

-Lisa :-)

***** 5-Star Budapest Marriott... This is the life... :-)

Ahhh... There is nothing better than checking into a LUXURIOUS European hotel for a couple days on my long layovers. I've always heard stories about the beautiful Budapest Marriott, but I haven't been put here yet. EVERY room has a view, and apparently... they're the best beds around. WOW, the rumors are true!!!!!! THANK YOU, Ryan!!!! :-)



It just so happens that upon check in I had a HUGE case of jet lag... and I needed sleep. I took a shower, and crashed in THIS BED for 14 HOURS. I don't remember the last time I slept for that long since suffering from a massive hangover in college! Ha! Just beautiful.


The flat screen is a nice touch as well... with HBO & HBO2 showing great movies all day long! I woke up to 'the Devil Wears Prada' and enjoyed the second half of it lounging in these super comfy white down pillows...

Good morning, (errr, afternoon?) Budapest!

"Hello, Ms. Garland. We have a King Size bed waiting for you on the third floor. Enjoy!"

"Please don't forget about our Happy Hour every Monday-Friday in our AQUA bar... it's buy one drink, get one free. Plus free appetizers. Indulge, if you will!"

Please enjoy your stay here at the Budapest Marriott. If there is anything we can do to make your stay any more comfortable, please let us know!

WOW! WILL DO!!! :-)

CHEERS!

-Lisa :-)

Shuttle to Frankfort, Germany!!

GREETINGS!!! :-)

Early Wednesday morning, my crew & I had to hop a shuttle from Kaiserslautern to Frankfort, Germany. It was sad to leave, but we all knew we were on our way to beautiful Budapest... so it made it that much easier! We all met down for breakfast around 7:30am and caught the snowy shuttle at 8:15! It was a great morning in Germany... thick white snow was coming down, and it was GREAT because I could just enjoy it and not worry about driving in it! Ha! :-)



On our shuttles to and from the airport, we always seemed to have our assigned seats... Usually, Danny, Nikki, and I sat in the back and goofed off on the way to the hotel while listening to music and laughing the whole way! (Imagine that!) On this one, Philippe and I caught the corner, Andrea got the window, and Nikki squeezed back and forth between us and the seat in front!


Anyone who flies with us knows that we carry our 'Monkey Mugs' with us wherever we go! I made this for Philippe a couple weeks ago after he lost his one and only beloved coffee mug he's flown with for 10 years! He accidentally left it on one of our planes and hasn't seen it since. We both like to call our uniforms our 'monkey suits', so I thought it only appropriate that I decorate them with monkey stickers! I, of course, picked out a pink one for myself too so I have my own. These things come in handy on our long duty days, let me tell you! :-)


J'adore!

Danny & Nikki... our other faves on our crew! These two are a riot together!

"Can we get some air?? Can we get some volume??" Hahahaha- Let's just say not EVERYONE on our crew was as like-able as these two... ;-)

WOW!!! I've only seen these departure boards in movies! This is at the Frankfort, Germany airport and the numbers & letters constantly flip updating arrivals and departures. SO cool!

Look how small I look against these boards! wow! Can't believe how much I've ALWAYS loved airports... :-)

SO HAPPY. We had, like, 2 hours before our departure so we staked out a spot by a window and watched the Lufthansa planes take off! We had a couple laughs as well... can you tell??? :-) Happiest couple in Germany!

Look at this HUGE 747!!!! I would LOVE to see one from the inside someday!!!!

Well on our way to Budapest... our home away from home! Just found out I got extended AGAIN until December 21st!!!! That means I'll have been out for almost an entire month and I LOVE IT. I can't get enough of traveling and seeing the world! Expect lots more updates in the next couple days/weeks. Have I mentioned yet.... that I love my job??? :-)

CHEERS!!!!!

-Lisa :-)