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,…
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…
Sydney and Coffs Harbour, Australia, then Budapest
Day 235 – Homeless in Sydney Has it really been a month since our last update? Crikey! Our first couple of weeks in Penrith we had a house to mind just minutes from the shop where we were training. (Here…