DAY 6: After out overnight stay the atrium apartment with victor as our host we walked to the bus stop and caught the local bus to debregen. Had a slight Aussie moment when a savage garden song started to play through the buses speakers. Passed through some very fertile farming country with lush green fields and sheep that have tails ! After a few hours in town, there is a beautiful square, enjoyed a lunch of crepes filled with pork mince, managed to find a c...

DAY 5: After spending my first night with the intrepid tour group of 12 other Australians, I am sharing with a girl from the gold coast. Had to make a quick trip to the post office as on the intrepid tours there is lots of moving around on local transport so less baggage is better. It is the first raining day experienced so a good day to be on transport. We catch the metro to the Budapest train station and after a few ticket issues boarded the train to Eger i...

The journey has started... I have arrived in budapest after hours of traveling. Both flights were full too the brim with people. Once in Budapest airport I was able to make use of the airport shuttle service into my hotel with ease. The hotel is in a great location... Have already been out walking across the chain bridge to pest and then along the Danube past the parliament building and then back across at Margaret bridge, quick visit to the supermarket for a fe...

Less than a week too go... Can't believe how fast the last few weeks and months have gone. Am trying to start packing but that is going slowly. The advise to pack light is great till you go through all the things I am sure I will need and there seems to be far too much for the size of the bag.

Hi all, The countdown is on... only three weeks till I fly out :) Hope you can all follow my adventures thought this blog. Luv Sarah