Coming Home

Sunday, 25th September
Three months to Christmas!
Our final night in Budapest was our Highlight Dinner, provided by Insight (of course, the cost would have been included in our fares!) and this did prove to be rather a memorable night - for all the wrong reasons. We were taken to a local restaurant, under contract to Insight to provide the dinner, discovered we were in a smallish cellar with painted, curved concrete walls which were excellent at bouncing sounds about. It isn't hard to imagine how loud the very loud, four piece gypsy band sounded in this environment, along with about 80 people attempting to talk and hear above the noise. The service was also pretty poor and the meal so so. We were not exactly happy campers, neither was the tour guide! So that we would remember Budapest with some positive feelings, we were taken for a drive through the city and along the Danube to look at the illuminations. This city is positively magnificent at night time, with all the beautiful and historical buildings lit us - just magic.
This morning we said goodbye as we departed in different directions. Fortunately, we didn't need to leave the hotel until 10.30 am, which gave us time to have a leisurely breakfast and pack. Yes, we managed to close the suitcases without effort and still have a few kilograms to spare. We departed Budapest at 1.30 pm, flying British Airways again, for London, where we will wait and wait until late this evening before leaving for Melbourne and then home. This was our third ever flight with British Airways, so we are desperately hoping their record with losing our luggage doesn't continue!
London is its usual grey, overcast weather.
Cat has decided to sleep all the way home and has taken his sleeping pill already.