It's a pity that you won't have time to visit the North: the Peak District, the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales are all worth seeing.

I don't know if I've misunderstood some of the people writing above but Budapest isn't in Romania - it's the capital of Hungary!

My favourite country in Eastern Europe is Bulgaria: the Black Sea coast is very beautiful as are various mountain ranges in the interior (I would especially recommend the Rila and Pirin Mts. in the west of the country). A bit more obscure but just as fascinating is Macedonia (i.e. 'FYROM' - the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia). In the south west of this country are two massive glacial lakes: Ohrid (pronounced 'ok-rid') and Prespa - surrounded as they are by mountains, they are stunning! Both Bulgaria and Macedonia are positively laden (perhaps a bit too laden) with history.

"Brentford's also good for football." Having stayed there for a while, my opinion is that it's not much good for anything else!