January 2008

Last Updated:  21/03/08

We saw the New Year in in London - the evening was spent at Flick and Lew's fab house party!  Then we walked up primrose hill to watch the fireworks across the city, which were absolutely stunning!  This was definitely one of the best new year's we've had!  I hope it bodes well for the rest of the year!

 

Later on in January, in need of a holiday (well, we hadn't been away for... um... 2 months, if you don't include the Cotswolds trip over Christmas), we headed to Budapest!  We stayed on a boat on the Danube, and the weather was gorgeous!  After investigating all the public transport we could find, exploring to our hearts' content, drinking lots of coffee, beer, wine and Unicum, we headed to the wonderful Turkish baths for a relaxing afternoon - bliss!

 



 
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Tom and I see in the New Year

Primrose Hill, London

Budapest:

Our accommodation - Botel Lisa - on the Danube

 

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Just to prove it was a boat!

Tom in our room cabin

 

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The "Botel"

Tom looks unimpressed at his first sighting of the local tipple: Unicum (and Unicum Next)

 

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A church in Budapest

Tom in Budapest, with a lamp-post on his head

 

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An obligatory tourist photo

The view from Buda to Pest

 

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Fishermen's Bastion

Tom, with a statue on his head

 

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Tom, with Fishermen's Bastion on his head

See - lovely weather!!

 

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Me, looking a bit sleepy, and it was only lunchtime!!

A very nice little restaurant in the Castle District, Buda

 

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St Stephen's Basillica, Pest

Tom, looking much happier about the local tipple.

 

Warning: The photos get a lot worse, as we become more Unicum-fuelled*

 

 

 

*and yes, we did buy a bottle to bring home

 

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Tom takes another sip

We both preferred Unicum Next compared to the Original Unicum

 

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Mmmm!

Pfffffffffff!

 

(I think the shot glass was empty at this point... that would explain the expression!)

 

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Tom tries to blend in

Um...

 

... he says it was totally innocent...

 

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...yeeees

The weather started to turn bad on our last afternoon, so we headed to the spa attached to the Gellert Hotel - it was fabulous!!

 

(you can tell how cold it was by the look on Tom's face!)

 

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