Bu-da-pest, Bu-da-pest, best of the best

This stretch of Euroroute 6, was fabulous in places, winding along the banks of the Danube, through forest paths and across streams. In other places, it zigzagged erratically through towns, in an effort to keep you away from traffic. Well intentioned, but difficult to follow and adding probably 50% on to the distance to be covered.
I have heard a lot of good things about Budapest and decide to spend two nights here with Sofia, a be inhabitant of this city all the way from Buenos Aires, Argentina. She cooks me a delicious meal of risotto and spinach pie, but claims that her empanadas are even better. As she lives near the city centre we spend the day and evening walking the city. It's a very beautiful city, with magnificent buildings and, thankfully, not the throngs of tourists of a city like Vienna. There is plenty to do at night, both alternative and sophisticated bars, with many young people enjoying the cheap beer well into the early hours.