Travel days are always a bit of a wash. Flight from BWI to London
Heathrow was uneventful. Better seats than we usually have, had dinner serve on
a plane (for the first time in a long time!) and when I asked for red wine was
asked ”one or two”?
Unfortunate headache and potential nausea
interrupted any potential fun “chilling” we would have done during our overlay.
Second flight from London to Budapest was
shorter and simple. Easy nap was a good final reset to the system. Upon leaving
the airport and getting through customs … and collecting our bags … we were met
by representatives of Viking. After a short delay as they gathered all other
expected passengers, we headed for the hotel.
Our hotel of stay was the Corinthia
Budapest, and it was lovely. Great service and nice accommodations; despite
this being a river cruise we would be spending two nights here in the city.
After a quick check in, we met up with my parents and headed out for a short
walk to a local restaurant for dinner; Café
Vian Ferenc ter. Amongst the four of us we had Beef Goulash, a Mushroom
cream stew, a Chicken Paprikan, a Red Wine Beef Stew with Dumplings, and a
local style steak with grilled goose liver. The food was amazing all around,
and really brought to light the rumors of the local paprika use. While this was
obviously notable in the Chicken Paprikan and the paprika-slaw served with the
steak, its best appearance was with the chili-salty spread, I believe called Eros
Pista, that was provided with the soup. That one is a must!
After dinner we returned to the hotel and
crashed into bed – as expected after the many hours of travel to get here. Our
adventure begins in full tomorrow!
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