Central Market Hall (Nagy Vasarcsarnok) Budapest

Literally-- apparently "Pest" means oven, or derives from a word that means oven; the city resides on thermal springs. Either way, it is freaking HOT here. The sun is also intense; we were both badly sunburnt almost immediately on Sunday, our first full day here. We are finishing up three days and four nights here, and while it has not been the …

Well it is definitely summer here, when I left Poland it was still spring. I went to the local market, what a beautiful building, Victorian covered market. I walked around salivating, the fresh fruit on sale is out of this world; new crop potatoes, carrots, turnips, asparagus, peppers and tomatoes in great piles; peaches, apricots and great mounds …

Finally arrived in Budapest an what a marvelous place it is!!

So marvelous that I have to cut this short and get ready for dinner tonight.... I'll update the blog later and add some pics

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Tuesday and the sun is shining in Budapest - fantastic!!!

My day today was an easy one - no tours …

Alright, brace yourselves. This is about to be a long'un. I will attempt to be as concise as possible and give the straight facts, but we all know how good I am at that....

Day 1:

Up at 3am.
Catch a bus to another bus.
Bus is not running.
Catch a cab to the bus station.
Take a coach to Stansted airport.
Take a …

This place is amazing ! The horses and their bare back riders. Such skill and horsemanship. This afternoon we went to king franz josef and queen sissy's favorite Hungarian castle. Godoello. Gary and I went to go for a walk at lunch and then a swim - the crew said no one is able to leave now because the Danube is too high and will flood. So we …

Our first night's sleep was rough. We were both tired, but still woke up during the night at multiple and yet separate times. I was excited to wake up and see daylight through the curtains. Trying to sleep when you don't want to is tiring. Finally waking up at a respectable hour (7:30am) we rushed about getting ready and discussing the day's …

Entry containing 18 photos titled: Sinagoga, Palácios Klotild, Igreja Franciscana, Igreja Sérvia, Café Gerbeaud, Palácio Real, Vigadó, Praça do Vigadó, Igreja Servita, Monumento Gellért, Mercado, Museu de Artes Aplicadas, Museu Nacional Húngaro

Well, I've just checked out and I'm sitting in the hostel lobby feeling a little worse for wear. I managed to recruit a young Scottish guy to be my drinking buddy last night. I only intended to have a couple, but next thing you know it's 4am! We had a few beers at the hostel bar and then I took him to szimpla bar which I had been recommended. What …

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The latest adventure was a four day trip to Budapest and Bratislava, and an adventure it was. Katie, Jennifer, Sarah and myself rose at 4.30am on friday morning after dressing up the night before in our 90's costumes for a themed erasmus party (we were surely the best dressed and managed to find our outfits from my apparently …

I went to the Central Market and got a langos (AWESOME). While there I met a great Sweedish couple. From there my plans fell through for the communist walking tour because I got there late, but the square I went to to meet it had a folk festival going on. I video taped this traditional Hungarian band playing music, it was incredible, I'll try to …

... stores, restaurants of all kinds and prices, and several museums (and beautiful buildings, of course).  We decided to go to Central Market Hall for lunch.  What a great idea, seriously.  It took us about 40 minutes to figure out how to get ...

... Mathias Church and Fishermen's Bastion. We went up the Gellert Hill with the most spectacular view of the city of Budapest, the Central Market Hall, all the way to the Heroes’ Square. We pass the Opera House and the Saint Stephen’s ...

... , getting to spend more time there and also seeing the labyrinth.  After we walked along the river and went to the Central Market Hall for lunch, where we got a great Goulash and some stuffed cabbage.  That night we went on the All night crash ...

... in a new town but I had no idea where I was in Budapest today.Totally lost.In my travels I stumbled across the central Market Hall, with food and vegies/fruit and meats on the bottom level and snacks, meals, beers and souvenirs on the top ...

... . Looks pretty cool.  From Buda Hill I take a bus, a tram, another tram and another bus to Koezponti Vasarcsarnok (Central Market Hall).  And yes, taking a tram (especially the same one we hit just about 30 hours before, is kinda scary). I almost ...

It was a lovely day, we hit the central market this morning. Central Market Hall (Nagy Vasarcsarnok) i s right next to the freedom bridge on Pest side. Everything and anything - the meat was probably most impressive have never seen so many and every part ...

... is where a number of Jews were lined up along the river and shot dead into it. We continued walking from there down to Central Market Hall and did some shopping. We found a cute little street that sold some random things, so we had a good time wandering ...

... Buda-Pesht) is the union of two cities, Buda on the west side of the Danube and Pest on the east. The Central Market Hall is huge, three stories of market stalls, similar to the Central Market in Adelaide, but open everyday with fresh produce. The ...