In two weeks – 11 days of which were on trains of varying speed and quality – we crossed the landmass of Asia and finally regained our own little continent of Europe. This feels like a real achievement, the distances are simply vast: 5,500 kilometres on the last train leg alone. As opposed to flying read on ..

We’d envisaged spending our first day relaxing in Budapest with Alex & Hilary due late afternoon. Well, that was before we discovered it was Children’s Day in the capital (Oh thank you SO much cab driver for letting our kids know) which our own beloved nippers decided gave them absolute carte blanche to call the read on ..