uOur flight from Gatwick was scheduled for the sensible time of 13:35 but the English weather (torrential rain) had other ideas and when we arrived at the check in we were informed that the flight was delayed by at least 30mins. The delay was a little longer than that but some time was caught up on the very good easyJet flight and we were soon on the ground in Budapest, greeted by 30c and blue skies.
Our taxi to the Hapimag residence took only 20mins and we were delighted to find that our base for the next few days was in the heart of the castle area of Buda.
After unpacking we headed off to eat at a restaurant called 21 which was almost opposite our apartment. Lovely to be able to sit outside and enjoy a very warm evening. The food and Hungarian wine were good, particularly the prawn and spinach risotto with red bell peppers.
One of the things we noticed as we were having our meal was the almost continued arrival in the
street of a No 16 bus. The buses tended to be quite small, not very new, and travelled rather too quickly for the LLW's liking but it did make us consider whether it would be a useful form of transport since there was a stop just a few yards down from the Hapimag residence on the opposite side of the road.
We like to use local transport wherever we can as opposed to taxis, not from a cost perspective
but because it gives you a better opportunity to live like a local, see a lot of the city, and presents challenges we rather enjoy!
A very hot night!
Our taxi to the Hapimag residence took only 20mins and we were delighted to find that our base for the next few days was in the heart of the castle area of Buda.
After unpacking we headed off to eat at a restaurant called 21 which was almost opposite our apartment. Lovely to be able to sit outside and enjoy a very warm evening. The food and Hungarian wine were good, particularly the prawn and spinach risotto with red bell peppers.
One of the things we noticed as we were having our meal was the almost continued arrival in the
street of a No 16 bus. The buses tended to be quite small, not very new, and travelled rather too quickly for the LLW's liking but it did make us consider whether it would be a useful form of transport since there was a stop just a few yards down from the Hapimag residence on the opposite side of the road.
We like to use local transport wherever we can as opposed to taxis, not from a cost perspective
but because it gives you a better opportunity to live like a local, see a lot of the city, and presents challenges we rather enjoy!
A very hot night!
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