Michael Faye Adventures 2014.

Monday 29^th September, 2014….Docked in Budapest and sadly we leave the ship today…..we stayed on board until about 1330 as we couldn’t check into our Budapest Hotel until 1400 so we had a pleasant morning on board with fellow travellers, some new folk that had joined the ship for the next cruise and some of the folk we had travelled with that were waiting for transfers, flights etc……and so we sadly said good bye and walked to our hotel in Budapest right in the heart of the action! The main shopping street and restaurant alley is just around the corner from our hotel……we wandered the streets, so many lovely things to buy and well priced too….also most things priced in Euros so we haven’t bothered to change any money into Hungarian Forint…….Michael and I are both taking antibiotics trying the kick the ‘bot’ that we all got on the boat…..I think I mentioned that even the cruise director lost her voice so poor girl with a new lot of people boarding…..beautiful weather in Budapest again today, approximately 20 degrees……….M & F

Tuesday 30^th September, 2014….Another beautiful day in Budapest, 23 degrees today and so we couldn’t lay about it was time to get walking……the city maps in Budapest have good planned walking routes for one to do by oneself and as Michael missed the wonderful city tour we did on the Sunday afternoon I wanted to introduce him to some of the sights of Budapest……we walked for 5 hours…walked Andrassy Avenue, (Budapest’s Champs Elyse’s), Heroes Square, the Opera House, The Zoo, Museum of Fine Arts, Szecheny Baths, all in all some beautiful architecture……the House of Terror Museum was very sad though as they showed many photos on the outside wall of the building of many of those that went missing during the revolution years 1956, 1959…..also they have a piece of the Berlin Wall there….very sad reading all the accounts of what folk here went through to have the freedom they have today…….M & F

Wednesday 1^st October, 2014……Another nice day in Budapest, however not the clarity of the last couple of days in that the smog is creeping through today…….however no time to sit around so off we went walking again and we did a different walk today…..we climbed to the Statue of Liberty, so many steps but where one gets a wonderful view of Budapest…..we coughed our lungs out getting up there but it was worth the effort……we went to the Central Market Hall which is in the heart of the action and what a place……fruit and veges to restaurants to all sorts of souvenirs…..just amazing, one could shop for ever!! We walked over 2 of the 9 bridges (I think it’s 9 bridges that cross the Danube in Budapest)…….we got ourselves sorted for the metro tomorrow to take the train to Prague….and sadly we had to go and get some local currency as even though the metro ticket hole in the wall displayed all the cards it would only take cash……..one could easily spend much more time in Budapest as it really is a lovely city however I think we have covered a lot of the must see things……and so tonight we are going to a local restaurant for a traditional Hungarian meal……..M & F