Budapest, Hungary - Day 2

Just as we get ready to get off the boat this morning we started moving. Apparently 2 other Vikings just got here and we leave first so we had to maneuver to be on the outside. Fun to watch.

Then we hired a Bolt (gotta support those Estonians) to Momento Park, waaaaay outta town. We'd heard about this through Rick Steves and being history fans wanted to see where the old Soviet-era propaganda, er, I mean statues, were. What a treat, when we unexpectedly discovered we were 15 minutes away from the English tour. And he knew EVERYTHING! One thing we learned, you see the boots left over because they were solid bronze, so when the people revolted and toppled the statues, they had to cut them off at the knees (see multiple examples).

Back to the boat...famished as we were because we'd missed breakfast and lunch so we hit up the hot chocolate machine (a very dangerous contraption) and the cookies they had.

Took another walk to St. Stephens in a pedestrian zone, and then Wendy continued on down the Danube but back in time for dinner.Read more