The Road to Budapest - Day 5

25/03/09
My wish was granted – it had continued to snow and I woke to a wonderful scene of snow covered roof tops. Gail & I quickly dressed and went out for a walk in the snow. The town looked even more beautiful than it had the day before – this truly is a fairytale town. We have had the best of it all – bright sunny day, twilight tour and view over the town and snow covered landscape. We walked through the cobblestone streets, catching snowflakes and just loving the scenery. We walked over the little wooden bridge looking at the snow covered banks of the river and then walked up to the castle and had a fantastic outlook over the town. The rooftops were covered in snow and the surrounding parkland was a blanket of white. The sun was starting to melt the snow by now and water was slowly dripping from the gutters of buildings, off the handrails of walkways and off the sides of the bridge – I even found that pretty.
Our scheduled bike ride through the hills and forest had to be cancelled due to thick snowfall in the hills, so I went for a walk up past the castle, into the hills and along the outskirts of town. Later in the day, I met up with Gail and we went to a local cafe and enjoyed some hot wine – my new favourite drink. It is hot spiced red wine, with cloves and cinnamon and a slice of orange – absolutely delicious!! For dinner we went to a restaurant/museum next to the river – it was filled with heavy wooden furniture, and had old pots, fire blowers, baskets etc hanging from the ceiling. This time I tried another traditional food – potato pancakes, but I had to say no to the beer.