Budapest is lovely - really is a beautiful city, wall to wall historic buildings and architecture mingles with a smattering of modernisation. It's a delightful mixture and the Hungarians gets the mix absolutely spot on in my book. It's a huge city, a lot bigger than I thought, I'm told it's Europe's 9th largest, and so will be up there with London, Paris, Rome and Moscow etc insofar as size is concerned. There is, and needs to be, a large extensive public transp...

Ok so that's just about it and flight back to England is tomorrow afternoon. I'll sign of now, when I get home, I'll sort out all the spelling mistakes, tidy this all up etc. I'll also add some comments on highlights and lowlights, thanks to various, and stuff like that. Hotel reviews have all been done via Booking.com where there are some scathing comments - one was described as "more like a place for the homeless to doss down for the night" I'm talking you Pr...

There really is so much to see in Budapest - the majority of the landmarks are lit up brilliantly at nights, really make for some spectacular pictures. The Parliament Building is particularly stunning, there is no problem to walk right up to it - it's quite a beautiful sight and for those more skilled with a camera than I am, there are some quite lovely pictures to have in your collection if you were that way inclined. Our guide takes us all over Budapest. Its ...

A trip to Margret Island is highly recommended, in fact its a must see place. We spent hours walking around, but also you can hire bikes (both pedal and electrically powered) or golf types carts. We went for the 4 seater pedal bikes - 4000HUF for 2 hours (about £10) and it was good value. Bikes etc are all readily available at the bottom of the hill off Margret Bridge, there are quite a few options depending on how energetic you feel. As for the island itself, ...

The journey to the Burger King in Besci is no problem although there are quite a few connections to negotiate via metro, rail and bus. Budapest is a proper big place, but to get around is not as complex as it sounds. Every journey costs 350HUF which is about £0:85 (€1) so it's no budget breaker getting from A to B. To get to Burger King I get the metro to Bettyyany ter and then some old train to a place called - oh for the life of me I can't remember and it'...