Every day gets better and better. The first stop was the indoor market, just to see the food and souvenirs. We crossed the chain bridge back to Castle Hill to get a better look at it. Before heading there, though, we stopped at the Gellert baths to see if it was worth it to go. Of course it's very traditional to go to Hungarian baths, but seeing them was good enough for us. We climbed up castle hill from the back. The main attraction was St. Matthias church. It's another one of those Hungarian buildings painted in gold on the inside. We climbed up the balcony and got a nice view of the whole church.
We wandered more through castle hill and looked out at the view. We eventually ended up at a nice cafe to have a little break. It ended up being one of the most expensive restaurants we'd eaten at in Budapest, but we enjoyed it. It was right next to the looming national Archives building. 
We were curious in taking a boat trip, but there was no one at the station to answer any questions and the boat was coming pretty late. None of us were feeling especially energetic, and with the idea that this was a vacation after all, we decided to take it easy and rest in the hotel for a little longer. The walk home was still really long but enjoyable. We went back out to dinner at the museum cafe, about a 7 minute walk from our hotel. We had set up a reservation, but there were only four other groups in the restaurant. It was a beautiful little restaurant, completely old fashioned and with a live pianist who would've and could've played all night. We all decided to order the set menu, an amazing deal for a three course menu. I ordered the traditional "fruit soup" which turned out to be almost a yogurt smoothie. I'm not kidding: it was completely sweet and had cut up peaches, but it was really good. It was one of our favorite nights of the whole trip. Our waiter was great, the music was nice, the food was wonderful, and the wine was delicious (not that I could tell or anything).
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