Wednesday, 26 December 2018

Budapest, Hungary

After our two days in Dresden, visiting the Christmas markets, it was raining quite heavily, so we had a quiet afternoon, played some cards and got ready for our early morning drive to Berlin.
My son Alex did an amazing task of driving in Germany.
We were all on the road after a light breakfast to drive the 2 hours to Berlin, so that we could catch our flight to Budapest.
This was to be our first internal flight and on Ryanair, On arrival to the airport we dropped off. The car and then could not check in until 2 hours before.
We were pretty strict with our weights and our suitcases all come in under 20kgs,, with some carry on, so cudos to us.
We arrived into Budapest on the 22nd December and were picked up from the airport by APT and ferried to our boat. A pleasant afternoon was spent relaxing with a few drinks and orientation to our suite and the boat.
The weather was cold and raining and they have had snow for the last week.



Our boat is called Ama Venita and is only three years old, it holds 160 passengers 
and we think that there is 145 on board.















Our suite for the next 15days








Our first night ‘s meal was at Table 28, a 6 course degustation meal
























Our boat











Music during dinner







































Our corridor 









Holocaust museum 










Chain Bridge in Budapest 










The living tree in the second largest synagogue in Europe. A memorial to all the Jewish people that lost their lives. 













The fish, part of the university 










Heroes Square, I bought my fur hat and stole of one of the locals, should have looked closer, poorly made, but at least real fur









On top of Castle Hill, a great view of the city.









Castle Hill.









Large Cathedral 









House of Houdini, where he was born and lived

The green chain bridge, one of 10 in Budapest 























 The Liberty monument.







Fisherman’s Bastion











Monument in Fisherman’s Bastion.











Paprika, Hungary isFamous for their goulash. Hungary has a population of almost 2,000,000 people.
All in all Budapest was an amazing city to visit, as we only had 1 1/2 days here, it is well worth a revisit.
That night as we were having dinner we cruised the Danube and Budapest at night with all the ligs was a sight to behold.



Budapest you did not disappoint, more adventures to follow.

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