FOR CUTE!

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A little ‘cleaner-upper’ rolling around 😂🤗😂. 

Forgot One

​This was very close to CDG.  I thought it all just looked so TIDY! 😂

And to give you an idea of how large Charles de Gaulle airport is, you can see off in the distance the white plane that is landing at about the same rate we are. Believe it or not, I zoomed in quite a bit so you could see the plane! So it’s much further out. 😱

This one is still zoomed as well!

Transfer

​I am grateful to say the transfer from Budapest to CDG (Paris) went well. Much easier leaving/flying out of an EU country versus arriving from a NON-EU country! No baggage check this time around, although I was prepared!😂   And it’s always a good thing when you step off the stairs already at half-way-to-your-gate point 😁. I am M48.

And this wing, or maybe the airport in general, is surprisingly quiet! 

I was able to take some fun photos from the plane, as I had an empty window seat next to me!👏👏👏👏👏

I didn’t take any pictures leaving Budapest, but it was lush and green and flat! Here we are coming into the mountain ranges, so I’m wondering if it’s Germany or Austria…🤔

Can you see the line in the distance? That’s a plane that’s been flying next to us for a while. 😂😂😂.

And below…

…we are coming down into France  😊

I’m still shocked at how green it is everywhere! It’s just so beautiful to see the vibrant colors of spring😱🤗👏👏. 

Next flight will take me back to the USA🇺🇸💕🇺🇸. I board in 30 minutes. 🤗 I am so looking forward to being home!

Only in Hungary

​Well this is a first! 😂😂😂😂

 

St. Stephen’s Basicillica

​This basilica was stunning! And I only walked around the outside! It is difficult to see from pictures alone, but it is massive in size! PS… I had no desire to see anybody’s right hand! 😂😂

Simply stunning from every angle! And I wonder why they kept just St. Stephen’s right hand 🤔…

City Scapes

​So much beauty here in Budapest! 

😂😂😂 The photo of Google Maps above is a screenshot of the extent of what I could see when I my hotel into the search bar. The little blue dot is where I was at the moment. I would occasionally step aside to check the map to make sure I was walking in the right direction while searching for my landmarks.😂 

Celebratory End-of-a-Wonderful-Trip Meal

​On my way back to the hotel, I was looking for just the right restaurant to stop in to have my last meal in Hungary before heading home in the morning. I found the historic Astoria hotel, designed and built after the famed Waldorf Astoria in New York City. I chose the chicken paprikash with potato dumplings, as it is a traditional Hungarian meal. It came with a lovely cucumber salad, and I was finally able to check off the last thing to try on my list…Palinka.  A local liquor made with pears. 😊

Needless to say, it was delicious. 😊