When I decided to cap off my 2007 Germany trip with a week in Vienna, I tacked a couple extra days onto the Vienna stay to take advantage of the weekend days. I filled the extra time with a couple of day trips, including one to Budapest, Hungary.

It was a guided bus tour, the worst one I've ever taken. We had a total of only an hour on the ground with guided touring at two stops. We spent a lot more than that at the lunch restaurant, and almost that amount of time sitting on the bus waiting for the same few people to show ... (more)