My mother and I arrived for our ‘Danube Waltz’ hosted @vikingcruises itinerary after dark in Budapest, following a delayed flight that left us with no time to explore the city on the first day and an unfortunate miscommunication over whose turn it was to set the alarm for the next morning, meant my mum and I didn’t get to see as much of Budapest as we hoped to. Nonetheless the dock that our ship Skadi was parked at, under the Chain Bridge, was so well located as to allow us to maximize what time we did have in Budapest to see a good bit of the Pest side of the city before joining an evening outing to the Buda side of the river to experience a local bath house. Almost immediately after stepping off the ship, we found this beautiful covered passageway near the Sofitel hotel and that was quickly followed by the discovery of a Christmas Market with so many hand made gifts, souvenirs and Christmas decor. We didn’t have as long as we’d hoped but we had more than enough time to fall in love w...