A Long Day - Followed By A Great Day
After a nearly twelve hour travel day (left Belgrade at 8am and arrived at Budapest at 7:30pm) we had dinner (provided by Viking) and then did a little bit of unpacking before heading to bed. We were provided - as usual when in a luxury hotel - with a full breakfast and then at 9:30am we boarded buses to drive around Budapest. We stopped in two places...the first high atop the fortress overlooking the Danube and the city below and then later at the St. Mary's Church. We concluded the tour in the Market where we grabbed a light lunch before enjoying a 20 minute walk back to the hotel.
Opera House
Hero's Square
Parliament building
Fisherman's Bastion
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary's Church: Roman ruins under the floor / medieval original artwork from 1300's
The Market
Inside the enormous market
We met Pam & Bob for happy hour in the lounge at the hotel at 5:30 and met up with Tom & Georgina just before 7pm as we boarded the bus for the ride outside of Budapest and into the woods on the other side of the river for an authentic Hungarian Folklore dinner & entertainment. Lots of food, lots of fun on our next-to-the-last day/night of the adventure.
Deep in the woods outside Budapest we visited an authentic Hungarian restaurant
Dancers & musicians entertained throughout the dinner / ceramic drink holder with 40 proof pre-dinner drink :O
Hungarian Goulash soup & chocolate cake :)
Group photo :)
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