We were keen to get away at a reasonable time as the Race was to begin at 3.10pm. But we knew the crowd would be big. The girls had organised to do some more legs of the Hop on Hop off bus, and also visit Margaret's Island. They have been enjoying their stay immensely, catching up on all the beautiful attractions and also had the best ice cream they have ever tasted. It had pumpkin seeds in it…..can't imagine how that tasted good!! Brian and I had made our ...

We were up quite early for breakfast, as Brian and I had decided we would leave much earlier to get to the track. The girls had already organised their day to do a walking tour and a boat tour. The metro is very nice, clean and modern, except for one thing, the ticketing system. Brian and I have been buying our tickets not knowing really how it all worked, and for some reason they were written in Hungarian, so you could not read any instructions. On this da...

Our first full day in Budapest started reasonably early. We had a good breakfast in the apartment, and Brian and I left for Hungorring by about 9.30am. The first practice was to begin at 11.00am. The girls wanted to see as much of Budapest as they could, so they were ready to catch the Hop on Hop off bus. The walk to the Metro was about 15 minutes, and then the Metro trip itself was about 15 minutes to the end of the no 2 line which was our destination. F1 ha...