Our last stop in Budapest - the Hungarian Horseman! Day 8 con't 6/2/16
After our morning city tour of Budapest, we went back to the ship for lunch, and prepared for our first optional excursion, the Hungarian Horsemen! We'd be taking a ride into the countryside to see some traditional equestrian horsemanship! When we left Budapest, the rain had stopped, so of course, Alex and I didn't think to bring umbrellas....that turned out to be a mistake! We should have noticed that the skies were still fairly ominous! But off we went! This was really our first trip out of Budapest, since we'd arrived a few days ago, and our driver pointed out some of the contrasts in architecture as we traveled along the highway to our destination. These are some of the apartment houses that were built during the communist rule. We drove for maybe thirty minutes and arrived at the Lazar Equestrian Park. The Lazar brothers are world champion coach riders and their park is quite popular in Hungary! We were greeted with tastings of either Palinka, w