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Published: August 26th 2006
Budapest 1
The view of the parliament building in Pest, from Buda.After finally leaving the wonderful island of Kos, I have found my way across to Budapest-Hungary. I have spent a lot of time walking the city seeing the sights. The Castle Hill, Heroes Square, the Cathedral, the fantastic Parliament building on the banks of the Danube, and a really huge market, it's a very beautiful city. I was lucky enough to be here for St. Stephens day and so watched the big acrobatic plane air race held over the river - very exciting - and we stayed around to watch the big fireworks display afterwards. Unfortunately that was ruined by a huge freak storm that caused a bit of chaos across the city, floods, trees down, power lines down, and I got absolutely saturated. Fortunately we only got hit by a few twigs and nothing bigger.
I also met some friends of Julie whom she met on a trip to Fiji a few years ago. They took us sightseeing around Lake Balaton and then cooked us a wonderful traditional Hungarian lunch with the best cheesecake in the world. It was here I discovered a liking for homemade wine and homemade pear brandy- both very delicious but I think I may
have been slightly sloshed when I left!! Oh, and Lajos and Piroska send a big hello and hug to Jo and Susie.
Well it's bye from me for now. From here I think I will head further west....Not sure what I will find but i'm sure it will be both exciting and interesting..
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