Sunrise 6:36 am –
Sunset 6:33pm
Weather Forecast: 20c
and partly cloudy
Steps: 13,509 9.32 km
This will most likely be my last post about this tour.
Today is our last full day of the tour. John Boulding joined us yesterday in Budapest. He is the CEO of Insight Vacations and always spends a day or 2 on these Forum tours, hearing from the people who travel with Insight, be the comments good or bad.
We visited
inside Matthias Church
and also visited the Fisrman’s Bastion.
From there we returned to the coach and I saw my 1900's fat policeman again.
We then went to Heroes Square for some history and photos.
After that, we returned to the
hotel.
Today is our last full day of the tour. John Boulding joined us yesterday in Budapest. He is the CEO of Insight Vacations and always spends a day or 2 on these Forum tours, hearing from the people who travel with Insight, be the comments good or bad.
The wake up call
was set for 7:15 this morning but I woke just before 6am, so decided to get up
then. I didn’t see the sun rise but did get a photo of the sun reflecting on the
Castle across the river.
I had a light
breakfast today. A freshly fried egg on toast, sunny side up, orange juice and
coffee. Sometimes, I think I’m the
invisible woman though. Most wait staff
seem only able to see men.
We departed on
our Budapest sight seeing at 9am. First
up we drove to Gellert Hill to a viewpoint that overlooks the river.
From there we drove to the Castle area (the
traffic was horrendous) and did a walking tour of part of the area. ![]() |
Some people take odd angle photos. |
and also visited the Fisrman’s Bastion.
John then provided a “flourish” of apple strudel,
which we had at the First
Strudel House of Pest.
From there we returned to the coach and I saw my 1900's fat policeman again.
We then went to Heroes Square for some history and photos.
By
then it was after 12:30, so Sandra, Geoff & I found a restaurant alongside
the river and had goulash soup and a drink for lunch.
I
then did some window shopping for a while and then back to the hotel to sort
the luggage out for tomorrow’s departure from Europe. I finally took a photo of the plane hanging
from the top of the Atrium in the hotel.
We
all met again at 6pm for drinks, prior to going to Gundel’s Restaurant for
dinner. A lovely 4 course meal. We departed there around 9:30 and were back
at the hotel about 15 minutes later.
I
said farewell to a few people who were heading out early in the morning. My transfer isn’t until 10:50, along with a
number of other people, so I’ll have the chance to say adieu, tomorrow morning.