Hungary - Budapest

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September 17 - Day 4
We were off reasonably early - we are getting better at striking camp! - and set off for Budapest. Another cloudless blue sky underwhich we drove eastward, eating up the miles on this excellent highway. Hungary was very dull scenically, long periods of flat open land with little to punctuate the view at all. But when we approached Budapest it became more hilly and the excellent map took us off the main road, winding through the suburbs to the one, highly-recommended campsite. A strange place, tucked into a narrow, steep sided little valley where there were about a dozen slots for motor caravans and then a winding path up a slope, with some leveled spaces where tents could be pitched. Gail and Jeremy chose one of these, far more exclusive than we two roof-toppers who were sandwiched between two huge motor caravans, right opposite the camp office and restaurant. However, Madam was most helpful and, before long, had organized taxis to collect us which took us to the centre of the city where we joined a two hour open coach tour of Budapest. We were all equipped with headphones for the running commentary (in English - one of 16 language choices). We were so glad we took this option because we had a wonderful guided tour of the city seeing many of the beautiful old boulevards with their grand houses lining them. Striking monuments were plentiful but of course it was the Danube views which dominated the tour. The two hours flashed past. What a beautiful city. We then bussed back to our campsite where we ate in the restaurant and were reasonably early to bed. It is noteworthy that Madam provided vast great bowls of soup, far beyond our capacities to finish. But we returned empty plates to the kitchen, the surpluses were secreted into Camilla’s pressure cooker to which she added black eyed beans to soak for supper the next night. (Total mileage 1008)

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Photos

Budapest
Campsite Budapest

Budapest 2
Oftat view of Budapest

Budapest 3
Open top bus tour for the Oftatters