Category Archives: Hungary

Absolutely Buda’d part 9 – racing them home

Sun 1st June view all the photos Last day, so of course I’m burdened by an un-realistic list of things to do, presents to get, places still to see. Or maybe I’m just pre-emptively stressing myself in preparation for the … Continue reading

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Absolutely Buda’d part 8 – in vino…

Sat 31st May view all the photos This could get muddled, as I found myself whiling away the evening (and writing notes, badly) at a local wine festival. As near as I can work out it cost me around £3.50 … Continue reading

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Absolutely Buda’d part 7 – either side the river

Fri 30th May view all the photos Time to go to church – Mátyás Church, to be specific. Like many of the major buildings around here, it has been built, destroyed, re-built, collapsed, re-built etc. more or less since the … Continue reading

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Absolutely Buda’d part 6 – reinventing ravens

Fri 30th May view all the photos I know where I’m going now – which metro, tram etc…or so I think, until I try and take a short cut up to the castle again (in search of some things I … Continue reading

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Absolutely Buda’d part 5 – cherries

(still!) Thurs. 29th May Tired and happy, on the metro on the way back to the hostel; a youth, sitting opposite me. My first thought (due mainly to astounding girth of trunk-like legs) was ‘shame, he’s caught America’. Very short, … Continue reading

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