Veszprem to Eger via Budapest

Early morning. I was prepared as I bought a croissant last night and had that in my room for breakie.
The public busses worked well to get me to the train station. Needed Google translator for the second bus as the driver wanted to know where I was going. "No speaka the language". Any of us. But that worked well too. All smiles when we could "talk".

The train was half an hour late, no one spoke English so I kept waving my ticket under train officials noses, who told me "stay there". It's getting hot already and I'm thinking, is this going to be a disaster? Do I need to go back to the bus station and take a bus? I also wasn't sure what kind of train it would be... can I comfortably stow my luggage?
There was a young bloke who at the end could tell me in English that the next train coming is mine. It's only young people who can speak enough English to be able to communicate with me, so I've learnt to target them, or use the translator.

An hour and a half on this very comfortable air conditioned train and we're back on the Danube and in Budapest. I have a tight transfer to another train station a half hour walk away. I resign myself to the fact, I'll have to catch the next train after my booked one. They run every hour to Eger, so no big deal. If I have to buy another ticket, if this one won't transfer, so be it.
Straight from Budapest Deli to Budapest Keleti train stations via taxi, I get onto the correct Eger train with seconds to spare! This is another comfortable, easy, nearly empty train. I barely had 20 minutes in Budapest 😀

Into Eger with 35 degree heat, dragging my luggage to my beautiful apartment, with fan! It's a fully self- contained apartment.

Went out into the heat at 4 pm to get SPAR (supermarket) supplies for an ordinary but yummy tea. I'm pretty over going out for a meal. Getting a bit $$$ too.

I have a nice cool bath and do a load of washing in my washing machine 👏👏.
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