4-Xtremes – Part 29: Hungary is worth a journey

Nothing better than back roads!

So we set off for Budapest, which is not off the beaten track, but we took the little-used routes. We passed through sleepy little villages – and through forests. There we found something you don’t often find in Europe: real driving fun on a labyrinth of sandy tracks. The Axor mastered them easily – and to top it all we discovered a small clearing where we could stay the night.

But hustle and bustle or not, we paid a visit to Budapest. Anything else would have been foolish, as the capital has so much to offer: the hilly district of Buda with the magnificent castle or the Gellért Spa, and also Pest. There, on the other side of the Danube is the city centre, and the historic parliament buildings are next to the river banks.

We spent two nights on a campsite and public transport quickly took us into the city centre. We went back and forth several times and walked the soles of our shoes hot. Of course we were on the banks of the Danube when the sun went down. You have to photograph the parliament in the best possible light.