So we finally decided to visit Budapest for spring holiday (Memorial Day weekend for those in the states) this year. We have a long list of places we want to visit for an extended weekend and my Other Half decided Budapest intrigued and appealed to him.I'm going to email a friend in Slovenia to see if she has any suggestions about which half of the city to stay in, the Buda or the Pest side, as the city is actually 2 divided by the Danube River. Our aims for the weekend are modest and personal, not touristy; no plans to visit as many palaces and museums as one can cram into 4 days. Rather, we want to stroll along the old streets, perhaps take a cruise down the Danube, find a few marvelous restaurants to indulge in gorgeous food and wine, a cafe to sit and people watch and lots of time to talk to each other.