So Day 1 of our Hungarian trip.

We arrived at the airport and were picked up by our driver Atilla.  Bit tight in his Ford Focus but it was OK.  He seemed a nice guy.  He is collecting us on the Wed of our return (11th) to take us back to the airport.

Arrived at our hotel, Hotel Oktogon.

Actually very nice.  It used to be the Oktogon Palace but has since changed to a hotel, but some, or quite a lot, of the original look has remained:

The hotel had welcomed us to Hungary with a nice welcome card and a bottle of Hungarian red wine.

We went out for a stroll in the evening and had booked a restaurant in the city centre, recommended by the hotel, called Aszu Etterem.

Not too cheap but nice food and a really nice Riesling, managed to get Manda to agree it was a nice drop too!

Walked back to the hotel after dinner – the start of the long walking!

On the way back to the hotel we caught the sites of the Opera house and the old ballet school – now some night life place – in lights: