Last night was the farewell dinner. What a gala event! Not only fabulous food, a 4 string quartet, dancers, and a vocalist. Mark even got into the swing of it.
Zoltan and Susie did a most excellent job thanking us. Each rider was given an award for the most outstanding "fill in the blank". Mine was knowing how to say egeshegedrae. Truly thanks to our Hungarian guide on our Italy trip. It means to your health / cheers. Now isn't that a stretch to know this ....:D It was quite the interesting evening.
Here is the whole group.
Today, another VBT first, no coach transfer to the post extend hotel, we rode our bikes from the outer edge of Budapest where we had been staying for the two nights, right into city central and our final hotel. That was really cool. This part of the world is really quite busy with bikers and bike friendly. Budapest was established in the 1700's when combined from 3 cities into 1. Old Budda, Budda, and Pest. It was first call Pestbuda, but fairly quickly realized, that sounded stupid. Thus changed to Budapest, much better. We rode through old Budda. This is a really cool old square. The old town hall is covered by scaffolding, no picture to share. But do have of the 3 ladies and their umbrellas.
Then on to St Margarets island. Named after one of the royalties' daughters who would not agree to be married so lived in a convent on this island. Later was sainted. A research opportunity for you as to why. Here is a pic of the convent ruins.
More visuals for you..
Arrived at our last hotel for this trip, very nice! Said good by to our guides, bikes and a few of our newly made friends. Now, down to 4 of us ....
Tomorrow, we figure out, with any luck, the hop on hop off sightseeing bus to explore this amazing city.
More adventure to come, keep reading!
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