Buddha and Pest

As Best Man Brian so succinctly put it as we waddled out of his house on the first morning of our European tour, loaded up with rucksacks of clean clothes and plenty of enthusiasm, what better place to commence our travels than in Budapest. Why? Rory is Buddha and Amy a Pest. Apparently. So Buddha and Pest decided to soothe their egos by spending their first afternoon in Budapest wallowing away in one of the city’s thermal baths. Nice.

The other highlight of Budapest was a visit to the House of Terror museum - the only way Amy could be convinced to set foot inside a museum was because of the title of this one, although it is likely she was expecting some sort of ghost train or Hungarian version of The London Dungeon. In reality, this museum was once the headquarters of the dreaded secret police, and now contains some sobering exhibits on Stalin, the Nazis and the Holocaust, including preserved dungeons and execution cells for those who opposed the movements. It was a very full-on but extremely impressive display.

And we're off! Yes Rory and Amy have finally started their long adventure ... and we will be away for a whole 13 days before we head back to London for a pit stop (Amy is suffering from a bit of separation anxiety) ... but then we should be back in the road again until December.

First stop is Budapest and it is only the plane that we realised that we didn't actually know where the hotel is or how to get there (see photo), so much for all that planning.

Here's a cool verse that we discovered today:

"This is what the Lord says, he who created you, he who formed you: Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine." Isaiah 43:1

Farewell London Party

What better way to begin our journey than with our farewll London party, which was last thursday (12th July) at Home Bar (http://www.homebar.co.uk/). It was an awesome night and a great way to say goodbye to good freinds . A few (!) pictures from the evening are below...