Last day of the holiday and I was glad we weren’t getting the Manchester flight as that would have required a very early start since the coach was leaving the boat at 04:30! As we weren’t due to leave until 14:30 we had the rest of the morning to explore.
We had decided on a route that would take us past several interesting sights. We got a taxi to St Stephen’s Basilica, an impressive building with a nice (car-free) plaza in front of it. Why do countries insist on allowing cars to park under their major tourist sites? I remember being in Brussels and the main square being ruined by cars parked around its perimeter. Fortunately not the case here – just wandering tourists.
Basilica done we walked to Liberty Square where last year we had stumbled upon an interactive fountain. Unfortunately this year it was closed for maintenance so we walked through the park to the parliament – another impressive building. We couldn’t get near it this time as they were building temporary stands around it in preparation for some major event that required even the water features to be boarded over.
Finally, it was a short walk to the Shoes on the Danube Memorial. This has been here since 2005 so I am not sure how we have missed it in the past.
And that’s us done for this trip. We will definitely be back to Budapest soon as we never tire of it.
