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More friendly Hungarians

We packed up our camp in slow motion.  When we set up it seemed like a good idea to be in the shade, but the tent was pretty dewy when woke and it took a while to dry out, which we did by following the sun in different, empty, pitches. As we left the site […]

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Hanging out with the Hungarian holidaymakers

So, as Nigel finished off in his last post we arrived at Hotel Lelle in Balatonlelle to spend 2 nights with Eva, Richard, and her family (Mum, Dad, sister, 14-year old neice and 11-year old nephew) to experience a real Hungarian holiday! The hotel has not had an upgrade since it’s communist days, when apparently […]

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The road to Communism…

Firstly, we neglected to mention in the last entry that we really like Budapest! It’s a great city with loads to do and see and we barely touched on what it has to offer, so I think we’ll be back sometime in the future. I have mentioned before that getting into a city on a […]

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The Fab Four go to Budapest!

Woke up like a child on Christmas morning, excited to be meeting with with Jo and Kate for 4 days in Budapest! We left the campsite and stopped a few km away in Szentendre, which we had read was a lovely place on the outskirts of Budapest. It is lovely so we had a relaxing […]

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Blimey, who turned up the heat?

So, after a couple of days staying put in the lush hills of the National Park it was time to pack up and set off again. As mentioned in the last blog we’re heading in the general direction of Budapest to meet up with Katie and Jo, so southwest was our loose direction for today. […]

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Hungry in Hungary? Fat chance!

So, Thursday around 3pm we crossed the border into Hungary…well at least according to Google maps we did. The road sign on entering the country bears no resemblance to anything that looks or sounds like Hungary (Magyarorszag), but we assumed Google was correct and ventured on. As Nigel mentioned before, when you cross into a […]

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