I made myself get an early start this morning, as usually when I'm in the city of Budapest, I get less than 24 hours before I have to turn around and go back or get on a plane to go somewhere. I started out by going to Keleti station to see if I could get some kind of refund for the tickets I had purchased to Istanbul, as we are now flying. After that short errand was over, I headed over to the Szechenyi baths to really experience the city of spas. I managed...

It all comes down to this, Beijing to Budapest overland in 38 days, what a ride! We left Vesna Pension in the High Tatras mountains at 8:30am and began our 4.5 hour drive to Budapest. We were taken in a private car and oh my god it felt great to just be able to sit back, relax and let someone else handle the transport. We drove to with in an hour of the Hungarian border and stopped for a coffee break. I managed to get a magnum. We crossed into Hungary and ...

We left the hotel at 8:30am this morning in our very own mini bus bound for our last stop, Budapest. It was a lovely scenic drive though the mountains and on the way I saw this lake that was so high up, the surface appeared to be covered by cloud. We reached Budapest and had a little bit of a break, before heading out on the orientation tour, Sara said she would make it quick as most of the passengers had to be back for Louise's pre departure meeting. Even t...