we had a pretty decent sleep in the hostel then set off to explore central Budapest. we visited shops like h&m and zara (a novelty when you live in Durham) and had a nightmare working out the crazy exchange rate before realising we couldn't actually afford anything. we visited the Christmas markets and sampled some free Hungarian wine before visiting st Stephens basilica which was stunning. we went to the very cultural TGI Friday's for lunch, diminishing th...

you've probably heard that we made it all the way to Budapest, Hungary. this was all thanks to Gazelle travel in Durham who sorted out our flight from Amsterdam for free. thank you so much, we could never have raised this much for cancer research without them! we got some very funny looks at Amsterdam airport and got told off for fundraising yet again, spoil sports.. hilarious trip through security when we were asked to remove our pig costumes.. very embarrass...