Well... four days. Slept on a side street during a big storm in Bratislava the night before discovering the city centre: quite a small old town with panoramic views from the castle; big tower blocks surrounding the city and the Danube River stretching out to Vienna, our next destination. After a lunch of Halusky (despite Martin's father's impression that we would hate it!!) it is a classic Slovakian dish of potato dumplings/gnocchi with sheep’s cheese and bacon sprinkled on the top... we drove on to Vienna, stopping for a swim in the river before going to the city!
Vienna is very picturesque. Unfortunately it was a grey day when we were there, but the tall, clean, skilfully carved out buildings are no less impressive. We didn’t spend a lot of time in the city, just enough to test out their ice-cream, then headed on over the next border to Hungary. It didn't help that ALL the shops were shut - even supermarkets - for some religious holiday...
Budapest was stunning. Another storm as we were arriving predicted a memorable stay, red lightening lit up the dark clouds perched above the Buda hills as we closed in on the city. A fantastic campsite in the hills was our start point, with a proper Hungarian breakfast of langos, bread, cheese and ham set us up for a long, hot day in the city centre. We took a bus tour! (First ever) And the evening was even better...
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