Tales From The Road

We headed next into Hungary we wanted to be in a city for Matt's birthday so we went first to Budapest. The campsite we went to was not as it was described at all in our guide. The washer & dryer were not there & neither was the 'warm welcome' that we were supposed to receive. Also the toilet block was unpleasant as it smelt really bad due to a lack of ventilation & rotten wood. The owner was very unpleasant & actually said he would rather we weren't there as it wasn't worth his while having just one guest as it disturbed him for his work! We only stayed for 2 nights, which meant only one day in Budapest - but to be honest that was enough.

We didn't really like the city that much. There was nothing special about it & even the views of the city weren't that great. It didn't have a nice atmosphere either. We went to some thermal baths in the morning but didn't stay long due to concerns over our valuables. We walked up to the castle & citadel & then walked around the souvenir street to get some presents. We did have a nice meal in a small restaurant. I had a vegetarian platter with rice & veg etc & Matt had a Hungarian dish of pork, peppers & potatos in a paprika sauce, with a nice bottle of wine. When we headed back towards the campsite it had started lightly snowing again, but this turned to sleet & all the snow that had been on the ground had gone by the morning.

We headed towards our next campsite in Hungary which was situated in a small town by the bank of the Danube. We had a small walk around the river & to the town but there wasn't much there. The lady in the Tourist Information centre gave us some leaflets in German but they weren't much use to us. The toilet block was very cold with basic facilities. We stayed for 2 nights & then headed to Austria which is where we are currently.

It is really just a stopover to break up the journey to our next campsite which is in Slovenia. There is nothing of interest here other than a pretty expensive internet cafe & a couple of supermarkets. We were hoping to do some walking but there are an english speaking couple on the site & they have said that there is not really anywhere to walk without a map & from walking up to town it seems to just be farms. The weather here is a bit better though. It is very sunny & warm in the day but cold & frosty at night. We did manage to do some washing finally though - I did 4 loads so we have nice clean clothes now! Matt can now change the pair of pants he has ben wearing for the last week!

Tomorrow we are going to leave to go to Slovenia. We are going to 2 sites which are either side of the capital so we hope to have a day trip out to Ljubljana. One of the sites is near some Roman Relics & the other near some limestone caves so we should have more to do. It is very difficult now as there are very few campsites open all year & the ones that are aren't always in places we want to go.