Budapest by day

Blue, blue sky! We toured both sides of the  Danube by bus  and walked around Buda before taking one of the lovely bridges to Pest.  The buildings here do rival Vienna.  A somber memorial to the Jews who were required to remove their shoes before being shot, their bodies tossed into the river, lay on the waterfront.      

      

   In Pest we traveled down the elegant Andrassy street to the Heroes' Square, built in 1896 to commemorate  Budapest's millennial.

   Arriving back onboard for lunch, I had a perfect final mid-day meal--Wurst mit Kraut, Salat, und ein Bier!   We sat outside on the foredeck, the sun warming us, listening as our resident pianist soothed away all memories of rainy days.

   Now the packing begins.  We have an early flight--6:10am, which means our suitcases have to be outside our door at 2:30 and we leave for the airport at 3:30 am.  We're sort of wondering if we should go to bed at all!