Budapest Spring Music Festival March 2011 - Day One

This was a University of the Third Age trip, very capably organised by Don Moore (left).

A leisurely start to the day & actually got the 0800 train to Gatwick. Just as well, as it was slow. However, we were checked in before the two hours & had breakfast in one of the caffs. There were other U3A people drifting about & we spoke to some. The flight was in an Easyjet A319 to Budapest at 1135. There was a fair amount of hanging around for the bags & the trip into the city was very dreary with a courier, some of who's opinions got up the noses of the girls including Avis. The hotel was near the vast Kaleti railway station of 1888 vintage. The room was just a room but quite big. The hotel room is funny (Best Western Hungaria). There is a kettle but no rations, so you cannot use it. We had very little time to change before Don had us onto a tram about 300 yards away, a rattletrap but free for over 65s (although the new right-wing government wants to stop that).