Hungary - 22 July - 4 August 2018

Grand Jules Hotel

Budapest was everything we wanted to experience.

We stayed on the Grand Jules Hotel on the Danube River and would sit on the deck in the evening and watch all the lights along the river light up and the boats go by.

The City Market

We visited the local market and bought the genuine paprika and just wandered round the streets enjoying a coffee or a meal.

The Hungarians do not really want to trade in euros so we would sometimes have to change out a Euro for a Hungarian Forint from locals just to buy an ice cream.

The Chain Bridge

The food is great - even at the street cafes where we would enjoy a salmon steak with salad each -
beer and wine, for under R200

The last evening we fine dined at the Trofea Restaurant and had so many courses of their traditional dishes we could hardly walk home. Even this meal with all our drinks included was less than R400.

Parliament Building

It is beautiful and simple and also very cheap in comparison to the other European countries such as Italy and France.

I again loved every minute of the trip - but then again I love Europe.