So still having a 1/2 empty suitcase, I decided to sidetrack to Budapest as I read it has some of the best shopping around and I wasn't making much progress in the Balkans on that front. 7 hour train ride was pretty much on time, which was my first indication that things in Budapest might be a little different than what I had been getting used t...

Hi all The final day in austria was spent climbing mount hallstatter in a place called Hallstatt in the austrian alps. Its a lovely lake side village surrounded by mountains. There was a salt mine museum at the top of the mountain (believed to be the oldest in the world) but there wasnt enough time to go in and have a look round. Tried a 'wurst'...

Stumbling around Famished Well i have been in Hungary for six days now having a blast. Spent the first night at Debrecen, only 50km from the Romanian border, but it was unbelieveable the change from the last couple of weeks, felt like i was back in Sydney. Large Supermarkets like the Big Fresh back home, European cars, tourists a plenty, what ha...