Budapest Day 3 Our last day in Budapest started with a sumptuous breakfast in the hotel bistro. The weather this morning had turned rainy again so we set off for Parliament with our umbrellas once again deployed. We arrived at Parliament and we were looking forward to going through the the building. Unfortunately though, you can only visit the building by going on a tour. The next English language tour was over two hours away so we decided to move on. Our next ...

Royal Spa The Royal Spa is attached to the Corinthian Hotel which is our hotel in Budapest. Complimentary access is provided for hotel guests to the basic amenities. We visited the spa today to soak up the opulence. The spa has a swimming pool set at 28C, two jacuzzis set at 38C, a sauna, steam bath, experience shower, massage shower and recliner lounges to relax on. We spent about 90 minutes relaxing, pity we have to leave early tomorrow or we would visit agai...

We left the River Beatrice this morning and checked into our hotel in Budapest. It is nice to have a bit more space than we had on board. Our room is about twice the size of the cabin. This morning we headed out on foot to visit the Parliament Building on the banks of the Danube. When we arrived the queues quite long so we kept on walking. We plan to go back tomorrow. On our return walk we came across St. Stephen's Basilica, the largest church in Hungary. The ch...

Today was the last day of our cruise on the Danube. We arrived into Budapest around 8.00am after sailing from Bratislava the previous evening. The persistent rain has continued to follow us but hasn't really impacted the trip too much. The morning activity was a 'do as the locals do' walk around Budapest which included trips on the local public transport (subway/tram), a visit to a fresh food market, public garden and coffee house. The coffee house also produced ...