Well we at least made one flight on time(!) and landed in Budapest on Monday evening. We lugged our bags from the airport to the hostel via the bus and metro and managed not to lose anything or slip a disc. Hopefully a good omen for the rest of the trip...
We've just had the one full day in Budapest and are leaving this morning for Moscow, but we thought we'd better write something here seeing as we asked you all to look at it!
It's been fun so far. Budapest is really nice and we spent a day wandering round the sights and getting acclimatised to the prospect of being away from home for so long.
In the afternoon, we headed to the baths to warm up in the Gellert spa on the west bank of the Danube (Buda, rather than Pest, side) which is the one wot Michael Palin went to on his latest TV series. We didn't see anyone famous there, just loads of hairy blokes with big beer bellies. So Phil fitted in well.
We're off to Moscow this morning so the long johns are out and Phil is still growing a beard to try and keep him warm. The dreadlocks and other traveller necessities may take longer though.
So all in all a good way to ease ourselves into our adventure. Hopefully the goulash will stand us in good stead to deal with the minus 8 degrees welcome we're expecting from Moskva!
Hope all's well back in blighty. Looking forward to hearing your news too. Love from Phil and Sarah xx
