Prague to Budapest

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which is part of EU) is not a part of Eurail so our passes and ticket seats were not valid for the Slovakia part of the journey even though we weren’t stopping in Slovakia.I had not one red cent on me, and between the other four, they raked up 90 euro — still not 215 euro as requested — we were afraid we might be put off the train at the next stop if we couldn’t come up with the cash! Credit cards not accepted!Eventually, after lots of smiles and sorries, he told us he would let us go but to keep it hush hush. He didn’t give us any sort of ticket because we hadn’t paid the correct amount, so I think we are feeding his family this week.

We met up with Stacey who has been staying with her friends in Bratislava while we were exploring Vienna and Prague. She sat in first class wi

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th us but only had a second class ticket so we were very wary of the Slovakian ticket inspector until we got across the border into Hungary where we relaxed enough to let Stacey shout us all a coffee. So strong to be almost undrinkable, but it had been a long stressful journey. Beggars can’t be choosers.

Eventually, we arrived in Budapest. It was already dark, but we managed to catch a metro which took us straight to our accommodation — the best we’ve had so far. A view overlooking St Stephen’s Basilica — beautifully lit up at night — three bedrooms, two bathrooms, full kitchen, washing machine, drying room, and a huge lounge and dining area and a verandah. We couldn’t ask for more, and right in the middle of town close to everything!Can’t wait to start exploring tomorrow!</article></body>

Beware of the Slovakian ticket inspectors

After an early breakfast in the cellar of Old Town Venezia in Prague, we headed off to Budapest via minibus to the station with an all day train journey ahead of us — but oh, what an exciting journey!

We had reserved first class seats and paid about 4 euro for each, but had no idea we were going to have to pay another 43 euro! Apparently, Slovakia (which is part of EU) is not a part of Eurail so our passes and ticket seats were not valid for the Slovakia part of the journey even though we weren’t stopping in Slovakia.

I had not one red cent on me, and between the other four, they raked up 90 euro — still not 215 euro as requested — we were afraid we might be put off the train at the next stop if we couldn’t come up with the cash! Credit cards not accepted!

Eventually, after lots of smiles and sorries, he told us he would let us go but to keep it hush hush. He didn’t give us any sort of ticket because we hadn’t paid the correct amount, so I think we are feeding his family this week. We met up with Stacey who has been staying with her friends in Bratislava while we were exploring Vienna and Prague. She sat in first class with us but only had a second class ticket so we were very wary of the Slovakian ticket inspector until we got across the border into Hungary where we relaxed enough to let Stacey shout us all a coffee. So strong to be almost undrinkable, but it had been a long stressful journey. Beggars can’t be choosers. Eventually, we arrived in Budapest. It was already dark, but we managed to catch a metro which took us straight to our accommodation — the best we’ve had so far. A view overlooking St Stephen’s Basilica — beautifully lit up at night — three bedrooms, two bathrooms, full kitchen, washing machine, drying room, and a huge lounge and dining area and a verandah. We couldn’t ask for more, and right in the middle of town close to everything!

Can’t wait to start exploring tomorrow!