For those of you wondering, I was the one who insisted on no travel in October, and Wendy was the one who was not at all happy that the Nationals and their possible playoff schedule would be impacting the dates of travel.
Neither of us had ever visited Hungary, Austria, or the Czech Republic, but we felt comfortable enough going to this part of the world, and best of all, we were both excited at the prospect of a new adventure. After much planning and anticipation, we kicked off the first leg of our trip with a long flight two flights, actually that took about 16 hours total to get us from DC to Budapest.
Instead, we boarded our flight to Budapest and I was able to look at Amsterdam and its cool canals from afar. This meant that, upon our arrival, I was already running on fumes, but I was still very excited to be in a new city and experiencing a new adventure. The hotel we had booked in Budapest was the St.
The views of the Pest side of the city from Castle Hill were rather spectacular, and were our first overall impression of the city as we ventured out before the sun set. After settling in to enjoy a relaxing dinner at our hotel and to begin our long awaited anniversary vacation, we were well on our way to discovering and having a great time in a new-to-us old city of the world. This trip was no different, so we made sure to on a nice little walking tour of top tourist sights.
A good friend of ours let us borrow Rick Steves' Budapest book, and it was an absolutely indispensable travel guide for this trip. Here's Wendy showing her love of this resource. He outlined several city walks that took us past some of the most beautiful and important sights in Budapest.
