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[AutumnBreez]

If you get a chance to get on-line there at the hotel and come visit us here...Buy some crystal there in Szentendre, nice villiage outside of Budapest. Nice! and less expensive too!. I have some down in my cabinet from there when we lived in Austria we would fequently visit Hungary. Have some traditional goulash (gulya`s) soup for me!
A fun place to eat, especially with kids, is King Arthurs, they simulate mid-evil times and have shows, and the food is served on big plater and you get to eat with your fingers.
Chain Bridge is one of my favorites. Our friends little girl used to call it "the no tongue bridge" as there is a story that went to the making of that bridge.
Go to Vienna Austria if anyone gets a chance, especially at christmas, go to the Rathaus on the ring (off the central line for transportation) and Schonbrunn the week before or of Christmas.
So much fun. At the Rathaus, trees are decorated with big lite up ornaments, the kids can roll out and cut cookies inside, outside they set up an ice rink and you can rent skates if needed. The horse and carriages are so neat, especially when the snow is falling. Then you come back to the booths and get yourself a hot chocolate w/amaretto liq. (our favorite), or gluwein (warm wine with spices and berries- yummy too).
Purchase some ornaments at the different booths, and have stories to tell when you put it on your tree in the up coming years. Hungary has some that are wooden and you can put them in a basket to show all year.
Vienna in the spring-Easter, they have decorated egg markets all over. They place them on little tree branches in a potted pal on tables, or use pussywillow branches in a vase and hang them. Pics attached for the eggs, taken in 2001, I Love Europe. Can't wait to hear about your experiences when you get back!!! Ride bike on the path along the Danube.