• Day 4: Budapest

    Luckily I set the alarm because it awakened me out of a sound sleep at 9 o’clock. Breakfast closes at 10 and I wanted to make sure not to miss it!! Who doesn’t need lactose-free cheese, Hungarian pork ham, seven different kinds of sausages, eight different kinds of salamis, etc etc etc? Laura and Stu

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    Photograph of Budapest Central Market
  • Day 3: Budapest

    Breakfast. Just as good as yesterday. Enough said. I arranged to have a private guide for the morning. Interestingly the cost was less than paying for a group tour for the three of us. It was a good lesson to learn, and I arranged to have a guide in Prague as well. At 9 we

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  • Day 2: Budapest

    Last night I was in great shape(?)so stayed up until 9:30, which was pretty good considering I had been up for at least 24 hours. But oh this morning! Jet lag is real. I met Stuart and Laura in the breakfast room in the hotel. Luckily they stay open until 10:30. Breakfast was fabulous. About

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    People enjoying the Széchenyi baths
  • Day 1: Danube Cruise

    I had a feeling in my bones that the flights were not going to go as planned. When my flight left State College in beautiful weather and got to Chicago bang on time I thought maybe I was wrong. Maybe this would be a breeze. I had a five hour layover. O’Hare airport is so

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