Day Off In Budapest

Budapest is a gorgeous city; it may be my favorite. The central market, built in 1896, is minutes from our hotel. The Eiffel influenced design of the building is beautiful. Inside are stalls and stalls of vendors selling fruit and vegetables, baked goods and butchered meat and sausages with urbane locals doing their daily shopping. We had morning coffee there before going to the Hungarian National Museum. Afterwards, we visited the largest synagogue in Europe and the most important church in Hungary, St. Stephen's Basilica. The design of both is incredible. We spent the rest of the day sightseeing on the Buda side of the river then wrapped up the day with a boat tour on the Danube.

Tomorrow we are back on the bikes, working our way upstream to Bratislava and Vienna.Read more