Budapest

In Budapest for the Football, the Tartan Army are instantly recognisable wherever we go and the Hungarians were no different. The City is made up of many different quarters based on manny things from working status, ethnicity, cost of housing and living, so no great surprise other than districts that are really run down are and profoundly so, compared to new developments for wealthier people. We stayed on the Eastern side of the Buda considered to be the less invested part of the City, the Firenze Hotel was clean, well appointed but the service and the way of doing things in the area, perhaps relegated to a more austere Eastern Europe era. The architecture very mix d from lovely Viennese style buildings to concrete block construction. The people great, keen to speak to us and ask about our Tartan paraphernalia and where we were from, reserved at first became more friendly. There is more to Hungary than Goulash and each neighbourhood had its own specialities whether it be Jewish, Italian or Turkish based.