Wednesday morning dawned sunny and hot very early. We had decided to sample the delights of Szentendre which is a village upstream from Budapest and recommended as picturesque and arty!
We ventured forth by walking down to Batthyany Ter and caught a suburban train for the 20km or so to Szentendre - it was already extremely hot and as soon as we left the train the LLW insisted on an ice cream.
We walked along the Danube for a while and were hoping to see if we could catch a ferry back to Budapest but nothing was returning until ~17:00 which in 33c of heat and intense sun was clearly going to be too long. No problem! We found a shady restaurant and enjoyed a light lunch and an excellent glass of local Riesling.
Szentendre was indeed lovely and had it been cooler we would have been happy to spend more time there. Our train took us swiftly back to Batthyany Ter and after one stop on the Metro we caught our trusty 17 bus back to Fortuna utca.
After a rest in our lovely apartment (which is perfectly situated for anyone visiting Budapest), Ray made use of the bicycles available from Hapimag and cycled twice around the castle area and ramparts. He came back raving about the views and having been able to cycle right into the courtyards of the Royal Palace. The LLW promised to join him on a similar ride the next morning!!
We then walked down Fortuna Utca to enjoy dinner at Pest-Buda, a long standing restaurant which was good and Ray was particularly impressed by a bottle of Syrah from the Sopron region (which we had visited some 25 years ago). Budapest is stunning at night and after dinner we walked around the ramparts, including the Fisherman's Bastion, and enjoyed views of the magnificent floodlight buildings across the city
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