Great report, Andi. Thanks for taking the time. I'd love to see Budapest someday. My father's side of the family is from Slovakia and I've never yet been anywhere in eastern Europe.

We've taken two Tauck tours and have been very impressed with both of them. I saw in the brochure that they have a river cruise tour. I think it's called "Blue Danube" or something like that. I'd bet that would be outstanding. They really are a class act and they make traveling as painless as possible. Of course, you are usually dealing with changing hotel rooms and buses. We're all a bit spoiled from our hotel rooms that float. :)

Denise, I think you'd be very safe going with them, especially one of their river cruise options. You'd have all the benefits of Tauck and none of the hassle of buses and changing hotels all the time.

Don't think we'll be able to do anything in 2006, but if we could have, we'd definitely have been interested. :)

Have a safe trip home, Andi.

Kathy