The anniversary of our departure from Australia has just ticked over! This is the selfie we took when we started travelling within Australia on September 11, 2013 – we were on our way from Sydney to Coffs Harbour. Yes, we…
Baja, Hungary to Bangkok, Thailand, via Budapest and Doha
Baja is a lovely little town on the Danube, or rather on a side channel of the Danube – the full Danube is much, much wider than this waterway. It has a large square where vehicles are allowed to park,…
Ljubljana, Slovenia to Baja, Hungary: Back To Transdanubia!
The train trip from Ljubljana to Zagreb (capital of Croatia) was smooth and uneventful. Tickets were checked, passports were checked at the border, and we were sitting in the correct carriage, because only two of the carriages were going on…
Szeged, Hungary: Up The Water Tower And Into The Zsynagoga
Before we knew it, was time to leave Budapest for Szeged again. We had a quiet final day in Budapest, doing laundry, making runnung repairs, and preparing the laptop for reinstallation. Yes, we did some of that earlier in the…
Szentendre and Skanzen Museum Village, near Budapest, Hungary
When we asked people what they would recommend we see and do in Budapest, one particular name came up again and again – Szentendre. It’s not strictly IN Budapest, being 15km beyond the northernmost metro station, but it doesn’t take long…
Farewell, Hungary – We Salute You
It is difficult to explain how it feels to walk the earth in Hungary, a place with such a history of pain and suffering. If you pass through as a tourist, you can admire the beautiful countryside, the graceful architecture,…
Hungarian Parliament Building Tour
No matter how many times we come to Budapest, there are always more things to do and see than we can possibly fit in. On our previous visits, we had always intended to take the tour of the Hungarian…
Learning Our Way Around Budapest, plus Szeged, Pécs, and Balaton
Day 285 – Budapest City Park Just as we set out for a stroll in Budapest’s City Park, it started to rain! Fortunately, our hosts had supplied an umbrella just in case, and summer rain is warm, gentle, and usually…
Budapest, Hungary: A Visit To Szechenyi Baths
We got up early the day we went to Szechenyi Baths, because entry is discounted before 8am. Despite the discount, the entry fee is steep for our limited means – about $17 Australian for each of us. Still, YOLO and…
Tourist Things in Budapest: Buda Castle, St Stephen’s Basilica and Citadella
On our first full day in Budapest, there was a window in the afternoon when neither of us was fainting from jet lag, so our hosts took us out for a quick tour of the local sights. We are staying…