The main reason people come to this part of Hungary is to partake in a bit of wine tasting so we figured we´d follow in a thousand footsteps and see if it´s all it´s cracked up to be. For the umpteenth time on our travels we arrived at a supposed all-year-round campsite which had its gates well and truly shut. What to do....we knew there was a campsite 28km away but that was no use to us if we wanted to sample wine in a country with 0.0% alcohol dr...

We spent two full days here, the first was in Buda, the part of the city east of the River Danube, where we climbed up Castle Hill to see the old town at the top and then back down that hill to climb another hill up to the Citadel, fantastic views of the city but unfortunately it was a wee bit foggy. On another day it would be amazing I%u02C7m sure. We then headed across to Pest, the other half of the city and by far (in our humble opinions) the better one. We vi...

Lake Balaton in Hungary is probably the most popular Hungarian holiday destination and in summer Iˇm sure it must be awesome. It wasn´t exactly sunny when we were there but it didn´t put us off visiting the outdoor thermal baths and having a good walk around the lakeside. Guess what, we had a few problems with the Nadmeister here again but this time we had our very own battery charger (thank goodness for Supermarket Sweep in Vienna) and we managed to get him ...