Tuesday in Budapest

Tuesday 29/5 (the day after 28/7) after a filling breakfast at Mercure we headed off on the Hop-On bus again to Heroes Square then a short walk to Szechenyi thermal bathes for an hour in hot medicinal water pools. All refreshed, we then took a short walk to Gundel Restaurant for a 5-star silver-service lunch. Jumped on the Hop-on bus again for a trip to the Matthias Church and other stately buildings in the Buda Castle area. Another short Hop-on trip and we are back at Mercure, bags to re-pack. Tomorrow morning we check-out and head for "Scenic Ruby" and the start of our 15-day 14-night river cruise to Amsterdam.

Sightseeing in Budapest

Monday 28/7, sightseeing around Budapest on Red Hop-On bus & Blue Hop-On Boat, interspersed with Pizza for lunch & Sirloin for Dinner and walked that off along the bank off the Danube admiring the lights at the Citadel & Castle Region. Met a Kiwi couple at the Mercure doing the same cruise.

The holiday begins

Arrived in Budapest after a very hasty and confusing transit at Frankfurt.
Checked in and had a VERY nice lunch at Rezkakas Restaurant.
Now to catch a few zzz's, it is about 30hrs since we left Brisbane,

On the way

Thirty minutes late leaving Brisbane. Business Class (Row 4 from the pointy bit of the 747) food is surpassed only by Business Class wine. Nice Voyager Estate Cab-Sav-Merlot.
Now just killing time in Singapore. The connecting flight to Frankfurt is delayed 45 minutes.
Jean's sampling the food in the Qantas Club.

About to depart Brisbane, see you in 5 weeks time old Brisbane Town.

Into the last 24 hours.

Just got to get all that stuff into the suitcase.
Thanks you QANTAS, upgrade to Business Class to Singapore confirmed.

Counting Down

One week to go - 19-May - still no excitement - there's too much to do and just 7 days to do it in.