2 October, Budapest, Hungary

Today is our third and final day here in Budapest. We are located in a beautiful 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment located close to everything and surrounded by cosy restaurants. Today John and Sandra headed off into the countryside quite early, to visit family who have a holiday house here in Hungary. Rosa and I took the opportunity to walk from our apartment to Heroe's Square which is one of the focal points of Budapest. It is a large square surrounded by museums, parks and a large lake and features a number of memorials to great figures in Hungary's history. It also has a tomb of the "unknown soldier".

When we started our walk it was quite chilly and there were signs of recent rain. Nevertheless armed with our cold weather gear we persevered and undertook the 2 km walk through some of the most beautiful parts of Budapest. You can really feel that winter is approaching quite rapidly here.

After our visit to to the square we then had a quick look at the lake which not surprisingly, given the weather was abandoned.

As we turned around for the walk back the sky had brightened somewhat so we decided to return via the shopping district and a coffee at Starbucks. That's it for shopping now - until Dubai of course!

We're going to spend the afternoon doing some serious packing as we are boarding our flight to Dubai tomorrow afternoon. Looked at the forecast for Dubai today and it is in the mid 30's - quite a change.