Friday, December 27, 2019

Danube River Day 1 (Budapest, Hungary): We Made It!


This trip starts out in Budapest and we’ll be making our way to Nuremberg.

Today was the longest travel day ever! It wasn’t because a lot of super exciting things happened but because Europe is legitimately really far away. We started out at Sacramento International Airport and had a short trip out to Salt Lake City. From there we flew over the pond to Paris and finally, Budapest. Our transfers went smooth, the food was eh and none of our luggage got lost so there isn’t a lot to report about that part of the trip. I did end up spilling some of the chicken marsala that I ordered on my shirt and the stain stayed with me all day. I also noticed a lot more dogs were traveling with us than usual. No complaints there! While we were at the different airports, we did some shopping and purchased currency before we headed out to our ship.

After an hour bus ride, we finally made it to our ship. We checked in, grabbed some tea and explored a little before we went dinner. Normally everyone arrives at the boat at the same time but I noticed that this time some people got here early in the afternoon and there were still passengers trickling in after dinner.

After dinner there was a performance by a local acapella group, The Windsingers. They performed a couple of traditional Hungarian Christmas songs, a few original songs and some American pop Christmas songs. They were pretty good!

After the mini concert I headed back to my cabin and unpacked because I was too lazy to unpack when we got here, then went straight to bed. Note to self, always unpack the first chance you get!

Today wasn't actually a particularly long travel day-- it just felt like it because I didn’t get a lot of sleep on the way here.


Tomorrow the real adventure starts!

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