Ten things to do next time you're in Budapest:
- Stroll along the Riverside Promenade at sunset
- Tour Margaret Island in a horse-drawn carriage
- Ease your aches and pains in the thermal baths at the Széchenyi fürmő
- Talk to the animals at the Zoological Gardens
- Admire the collection of Netherlandish paintings at the Szépmûvészeti Múzeum
- Attend a performance of the Hungarian National Ballet at the Állami Operaház
- Nosh on Hungarian pastries at the Gerbeaud Café on Vörösmarty tér
- Take a sightseeing cruise down the Danube
- Venerate the Holy Right Hand of King St. Steven at the Basilica of St. Steven
- Enjoy the spectacular aerial view of Buda from the top of Gellért Hill in the Duna-Ipoly National Park
My Hungarian roommate left an English-language guidebook to Budapest on the coffee table in the living room. Pretty city!