Day 1: Landing in Budapest, Hungary

  June 1, 2025 Day 1

Leaving day.  Left BHM and after we boarded, we then had to leave the plane bc the air conditioning was not working. The temp got up to 90 and the pilot said we had to deboard for legal reasons. We were  waiting at the gate about 45 minutes which was fine for us bc we had a longer layover in Dallas, but this caused others to miss their connecting flights. When we got to DFW, moving from one terminal was very easy with the tram.  People also didn’t rush like they do at ATL.  We then boarded for the long flight to London.  Neither of us slept on this flight. Not impressed with the Heathrow airport; they don’t like to post gate info until about 30 minutes before boarding starts bc they want you to shop their stores.  When we landed in Budapest, there was a Viking representative to get our group together bc there were other Viking cruises getting there too on our plane.  We got to the boat right before dinner. The dinner was excellent. I had the Hungarian goulash which was similar to a brown gravy beef stew but had red bell peppers- very good. Unfortunately, our friends Tony and Twyla also had transportation problems and will not even arrive until tomorrow.