Day 16: Sun 25th – Visegrad, Szentendre & Budapest- Hungary

Sunrise 6:35am – Sunset 6:35pm

Weather Forecast:   22 and partly cloudy

Steps:     10,144     7 km

A late departure today and we were on our way by 9:30am. Quite a few of us brought our main luggage down as there were no porters working and if we didn't, Karin would have had to do it.  As most luggage now days is wheeled, it was no big deal.

We hit the outskirts of Visegrad around 9:50ish and arrived at the Citadel at 10am.  There were a few cyclists riding up the hill that we passed, as we drove up the zig zaggy road.

A very energetic stop. Climbed to the top of the Citadel

The entrance to the path that leads up to the Citadel.

and took a couple of photos of the Danube Bend.

and some at the Citadel. 

We departed from there at 11:00 on our way to Szentendre where we had our lunch break.

I visited the Micro Museum there. Absolutely amazing.

We didn’t depart there until 2:15, so I had time to go window shopping.

We were back in Budapest and checked into the Sofitel by 3:15.  I think quite a few of us have Danube view rooms, which is very nice. My room is on the first floor, so I’m very happy about watching the sun set over the castle, although we left for our dinner river cruise at 6:30, 5 minutes before the sun set tonight.

The cruise was about 2 hours long and the food delicious.  Some (not very good) pics from the cruise

We were back at the hotel just before 9pm, so time for me to update this blog and still get to bed reasonably early.  Morning sight seeing tomorrow, then a few hours of free time in the afternoon, then our farewell dinner which will be at the Gundel Restaurant