Budapest Day 4.... Well Actually... Slovenia Day 1

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This morning we had the pleasure of a homemade Slovenian breakfast.  This is a service that is offered by our Airbnb Host.  Todays services included a cheese and meet spread, homemade bread, fruit, tea/coffee, and a traditional Slovenian desert Potica... though mini sized.  The food was amazing.  We then made the 40 minute trek to Divaca, to see the Skocjan Caves.  These caves are simply amazing.  The site is a cultural and a natural UNESCO site....

Budapest Day 3

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Day 3 marked the end of the first part of our trip to Hungary.  While we arent heading home yet, we did make a change of location and drove 5 hours into Slovenia for some planned sight seeing.  Along the way we stopped at the largest lake in Central Europe, which also happens to be in the middle of Hungary, Lake Balaton!  We stopped in Siofok, a town right on the shores of that lake that I can best describe as a beach town....

Budapest Day 2

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When something finally clicks its like a lightbulb going off in your head.  For us, this happened with getting a handle on the Budapest Mass Transist.  On our last visit to Budapest we walked everywhere.  We walked down the street to the Pegseg (bakery/coffee shop), we walked several km to this castle, or that.  Walked into city center for shopping or to meet friends, walked home after a night of drinking....

Budapest Day 1.5

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I am not sure what you call the day you arrive in a location, but the following day is certainly day 1.  So much time is spent on the .5 day getting situated its hard to call it your first day in the new location, more like the first day getting settled.  The following day is really your first day, because regardless of whether you go see your new surroundings (be it city, country, campsite) on day .5, you are still very tired and still in the "travel" mentality. For this trip day ....