ALASTAIR + LALEINIA

Hungary has become one of my (Alastair) very favorite places in the world to visit. Budapest is a beautiful city and I’m starting to want to know more about the country, its history, etc., especially as I’m part Hungarian. It is something that I haven’t really thought about all that much. As a kid, the only thing I remember knowing about the country was that my grandad was from there and that their national team goalkeeper wore sweatpants and looked like he was playing Sunday league.   Anyway, it was great to spend Thanksgiving there, especially because Hollie came out and joined us there! Budapest is one of our favorite cities, and I have been trying to learn a little more about my grandad and his time there before he left and came to England. I have always had a lot of admiration for him, without knowing loads about him and his life. He died when I was quite young, but I’ve always known about his work ethic and ability to fix and create things. As I prepared for con...

I was really excited about the Hungary part of our trip. My grandad was born in Hungary and left for England when he was a young man. As far as I know he never went back. I visited over a decade ago but got really sick thanks to a curry on British airways, and so I didn't see much outside my hotel bathroom. Anyways, we flew in to Budapest and picked up our rental car in time for lunch. Lain found a place on Google maps which was so amazing she said she almost cried. The food was so heavy and filling and tasty, wow I can almost taste it again as I write this. I had some beef stew thing with dumplings which looked like pasta. Lain had a chicken Kiev thing which was also amazing. I'd love to go back, but I didn't have change to leave a good tip, so we had to eat somewhere else for dinner! After a short nap in our Airbnb, we looked out the window to see that it was snowing - time for ice skating! From the tiny amount of research that I did, it appears that Budapest has th...