Travel Log: Budapest, Hungary
You may have seen on my Instagram that I recently visited Germany's Pfalz wine region , famous for its Riesling Trocken (dry Riesling), with a full week's itinerary planned by our dear friend for our group of 22 people. After our week in this stunning wine region, my husband and I decided to visit two new-to-us cities to complete our European adventure: Prague and Budapest. You can find my Prague travel logs here , and today I am sharing how we spent a quick two day intro visit to Budapest. This city has history dating back to early Celtic and Roman times when military camps were built on the Danube River. The cities of Buda and Pest were established on opposite sites of the river in the 12th century, and eventually officially united as one city in 1873. Please continue on to see highlights of our first visit to Budapest. We booked a short Ryanair flight from Prague to Budapest on a Monday morning--the most basic of basic airlines but the only direct flight option. The flig...
