By now I had spent about a week or so in Hungary, and I was feeling like it was time to move to the next country – Romania. However, I wanted to start in the north of Romania, and right now, being in south-eastern Hungary, I was pretty far away from there. I figured that the best thing might be to stop overnight near the border, so I chose to go to Debrecen [daybretsen], Hungary’s second largest city. Unfortunately I couldn’t get there directly, and I would...

After spending most of yesterday just relaxing and organising some stuff, today was the day to actually see what Pécs had to offer. Marco had gone to check out another hostel, which was a bit more alive and kicking, but I met up with him around noon. We went and had lunch at a pretty traditional Hungarian place which cost us about five euros each for an absolute truckload of food. After that we checked out Széchenyi Square (it seems everywhere in Hungary has a ...

Sleeping in an airport. I don't do it very well at the best of times, but Budapest's Ferenc Liszt International is harder than many to sleep in. Actually I didn't sleep at all. But surprise surprise, Mari didn't have much trouble. Seriously, I wish I could that. Once 5am rolled around it was time for her to do the check-in and all the other usual airport stuff, and by 5:30 she was off back to Pontevedra, with one day in Brussels along the way, where she would sta...

Today we took a small break from Budapest so we could experience a different place in Hungary. We decided to head north about 50 kilometres up the Danube to a town on the border with Slovakia - Esztergom. Although it is a pretty small town today, Esztergom was once the original capital of the Kingdom of Hungary, until it was moved to Buda sometime in the 13th century. As a result it has Hungary's largest basilica with an old castle next to it, dominating the riv...

After a slow start in the morning, we finally got into gear around 12:30pm and headed out into the big bad world to eat something. We found a specific market that Mari had wanted to see, but in terms of food, it definitely wasn't a 'Riga'. Instead we went a nearby cafe that turned out to be pretty damn good. I had Letcho (spiced Hungarian stewed vegetables) with quail eggs and an absolutely ripping peanut and banana milkshake, maybe even shake of the trip thus fa...