Tuesday morning, we headed into Budapest to see Hero’s Square, the Citadella, St. Stephen’s Cathedral, and West End Mall (always a mall!) Many of the students had never toured Budapest, so this was pretty exciting for the whole group, as you can see from the pictures. However, the highlight of the trip was the boat trip down the Danube. Having never been on boats, lots of the students were pretty reluctant to cross the gangway, but their resistance lasted only until they actually stepped foot onboard. Then they were all smiles. The hour-long sightseeing trip, accompanied by colas and orange-juice punch in cocktail glasses (with
garnishes, no less) served by nice young women, was a roaring success. I don’t know when I have seen young people have more fun and feel more luxurious than those young people on that Legenda Boat for one hour!
After all that luxury, we had to scurry off the boat and race through a harried Burger King meal so that we could climb ten flights of stairs in an ancient graffiti-decorated building to sing the final performance in a dark roof-top club. What seemed like a disaster-waiting-to-happen at 7:00p.m. turned into a totally satisfying performance and perfect ending to the six-day tour. The young adults in the audience loved the music and applauded
enthusiastically at every strategic point. The choir and musicians left feeling justifiably proud of themselves.
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