Autumn in Budapest & Bohemia: The trip comes to an end. Our return to Budapest, Hungary
We arrived back in Budapest via train at 8 p.m. with instructions from Barb to get her gate key from the office to let ourselves in to her place. Finding a phone, piecing together enough Hungarian to request a cab and to get to Barb’s…ah, the mentally stimulating joys of travel. I was quite proud of the pieced bits and pantomime that got us home that night!
Before heading home to Chicago, we spent a relaxing day on Margit Island. Fresh air, flowers, old trees, bikers, dogs walking. At the end of the island, we found the former Grand Hotel and the cafe. We ate a buffet breakfast there and made our way back to the Buda side steps down to the Danube. Sitting there for a little while enjoying the sun.
Finished the last vacation night with margaritas and Mexican food. Tomorrow we’d be home to a squirming bundle of dogs!
What a trip…Autumn in Bohemia along the edges of Europe: art nouveau buildings, Mucha, Kafka, Freud, Strauss, Charles Bridge, Steve the Church, border crossings, murals, and mountains, and the magic that IS the Eastern cities of the West. Days lost lingering in coffee houses, meandering the cobblestone streets, dozing with the sun in your face at the golden hour, and drinking wine and eating by candlelight while gypsy bands play.
