Waking up today we felt as if we had walked a million miles....perhaps we had considering the ground traversed in the past three days. Budapest is a beautiful city and wonderful to explore. Surprisingly it was never on a must see list for any of us but we all agree that everyone should visit..
Because we are using the hop on bus as transportation and the first pick up is at 10:10, we can have a leisurely start to the day. But George awoke at 6:30 so our day began. There was time to pack and I did a bit of shopping before catching the bus to Hero's square.
From there we found a castle and museum of architcture , the park and the zoo. Dale wanted to see the zoo so we split up and agreed to meet at the opera house for the tour.
We began to walk and came upon thr lake with a lovely restaurant overlooking the water. It was quiet and peaceful after the city scene. We enjoyed a lunch there then made our way back to the square to catch the bus to the Opera house.
The building style is baroque and renaissance revival. A great deal of guilding, frescos,marble. Beautiful. The tour itself could use better orchestration.
Back at the hotel we freshened up quickly the off to dinner in a nearby cafe. It was very tinyand we were the only patrons. The food was good but suffered in the translation.
Now to bed as we leave at 4 am. I will post more photos when home.
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Monday, September 29, 2014
Budapest adventures
By that time it was time for lunch and warm enough to leave our jackets at the hotel so we rode to the hill. A small cafe suited us and everyone had something we enjoyed. George said his stew with potato puffs was the best meal yet! For a sweet we went to a bakery where Dennis and Dale had big cream filled pastry and I had an apricot filled cookie. George walked around the block instead of eating.
Depositing coats and extras at the hotel we took the bus to the boat dock to ride to Margaret Island. The fountain that danced to music was fun to watch. We walked across the chain bridge again and down to Leopold Square. This square is surrounded by beautiful government buildings and the Parliament building. On to the waterside path which holds a memorial to the 600 people who were shot or just pushed into the Danube in 1944. There are bronze shoes scattered across the cobblestones to remind us...it is very moving to see and sad to recall.
We had walked a lot by this time so decided to call it a day. Back at our hotel we freshened up, had a glass of wine, then set off walking to our dinner place recommended by our cruise director who lives in Budapest. About 5 flights down the hill weren't too bad....it was the flights back up that did me in!!! My dinner of goulash soup and fresh caught trout was delicious.
Dale's onion soup was beautiful. George had a burger that was a huge meatball and Dennis had a ceasar salad.
Tomorrow is our last day so we will be up and out to see a few more sights in this beautiful city.
Sunday, September 28, 2014
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