Highlights of Budapest
Visit Hungarian Parliament and Sample a Selection of Dishes
Step inside Hungary’s grand parliament building and get a flavor for the nation’s hearty cuisine.
Transfer with your guide to the Budapest Parliament building, the world’s third largest. As the nation’s business goes on around you, you will enjoy a guided tour of select public rooms. Next, walk to Szabadság Square, or Liberty Square, stopping to view the statue of Ronald Reagan and the art nouveau treasures that surround this public space. You will also see the US Embassy and the decorative Postal Savings Bank. Pause to taste some pogácsa, or salty scones, enroute to the Urban Betyár Restaurant, where you will sample heart sausages and a cup of goulash soup. Finish your tasting tour with a delicious Somlói Galuska and hear the story behind this beloved sweet treat.
Moving day. We are finally getting on the Viking Longship Honir today!Visit Hungarian Parliament and Sample a Selection of Dishes
Step inside Hungary’s grand parliament building and get a flavor for the nation’s hearty cuisine.
Transfer with your guide to the Budapest Parliament building, the world’s third largest. As the nation’s business goes on around you, you will enjoy a guided tour of select public rooms. Next, walk to Szabadság Square, or Liberty Square, stopping to view the statue of Ronald Reagan and the art nouveau treasures that surround this public space. You will also see the US Embassy and the decorative Postal Savings Bank. Pause to taste some pogácsa, or salty scones, enroute to the Urban Betyár Restaurant, where you will sample heart sausages and a cup of goulash soup. Finish your tasting tour with a delicious Somlói Galuska and hear the story behind this beloved sweet treat.
We set an alarm for 6:15 am. After packing up the room, we went to the breakfast buffet in the hotel. Back at the room, we put the suitcases in the hall at 7:45 am. We headed down to join our excursion at 8:15 am.
We did the "Highlights of Budapest" excursion. It turned out to be much different than I expected. It was a walking tour. With a group of twenty, we boarded a tram in front of the hotel. We rode the tram to the Parliament Building. We did an audio tour of the building. Getting a chance to see the building over the last couple of days and then tour it was very cool.
From there, we walked through Freedom Square with statues of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. The latter was poignant because I read a book about Bush senior recently. He was very involved in the fall of the Iron Curtain.
We had a group lunch at Urban Betyar. We had Hungarian Goulash Soup.
After 5lunch, the guide got everyone on a bus to the Viking Longship. We got checked in and started to settle in room. Although I tried to prepare her, Sharon was a little surprised by the small size of the room compared to the other cruises that we done.
Getting cleaned up, we went to the lounge for the Captain's welcome and the port talk. Heading to dinner, we sat with two other couples: Angela and Scott; and Joel and Pat.
While Sharon had Halibut, I had the regional dinner. It included Magyar Marhagulyás Leves (Hungarian goulash soup with paprika spiced beef and vegetable broth) as a starter, Sertésszüz Szeletek (pork tenderloin medallions with pepper sauce; mashed sweet potato, savoy cabbage) as a main and Mákos Guba (poppy seed bread pudding & plum jam) for dessert.
As we were finishing dinner, the boat pulled away from the dock. We sailed up river and around Margaret Island. As we started back down river, the view of the city was beautiful. With so many building lite up at night, Sharon noted that there may not be another city in the world with this kind of view from the river.
We crashed about 10:30 pm.
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