Hi Nick,
Yes school breaks are nice for short-holidays. I do like weekends away, but it has been a while since I took some time off. Starting a business is hard work in the beginning.
Back when I lived in Europe I did a couple of city trips to European capitals. And one of them was Budapest indeed!
I preferred Rome tough. I do like history a lot, and there you could actually see real history in the middle of the living city.

Follow up:

Are you close with your family ? I see you are going on holiday with your brother, so that must be a close relationship, not ?
How many close relatives do you still have and do they live in the neighbourhood ?
I'm an only child but my parent still live. Since they don't live in the neighbourhood, I chat with my mother through skype and a webcam. At least once a week she wants to hear her daughter.

I do have gtalk. It's the same as my emailadres. And of course you can also find me on skype.

PS : I'm a big fan of clamshowder.

Lauren