We are booked on the Budapest to the Black Sea river cruise in a couple of months (June/July). I have a question for those who have been on this tour or have been in the area recently.
Each country except for Croatia which uses the Euro has a different currency. Hungry uses the Forint, Romania uses the Leu, Serbia uses the Dinar and Bulgaria uses the Lev. Did you find the need for any of the local currencies? I don’t foresee us needing to buy much during any of the excursions but there may be a time when we want to buy a bottle of water or some small inexpensive items. Did you find that Euros were accepted or were credit cards accepted at some of the smaller merchants?
We are arriving in Budapest a day early and will want to do some exploring on our own. I have heard that we should try some Kürtőskalács (Hungarian chimney cake) and some Lángos (Hungarian fried bread). These are probably street food type items so credit cards may not be the best to use. We do have a fair amount of Euros left over from previous trips.
