Parliament (Orszaghaz) Budapest

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Besides the incredibly beautiful architecture and the sweeping skylines along the Danube, Buda and Pest have a lot of other amazing things to offer. Here are a few of our favorites:

1.) There's a wonderful Boba tea place run by a lovely vietnamese couple in a pedestrian underpass near the metro. Megan also happens to be …

Terrible night with Quinn up all the time and me having to sleep in the little bed with her, so we were all pretty grumpy this morning with such little sleep. Breakfast helped some as there was lots of choose from although I may have had enough bread for a while. Lots of chocolate at breakfast too, cookies, nutella, chocolate bread, chocolate …

Hi everyone I arrived in Budapest a day ago with my lovely cousin, Shivany Mahesan. By way of background, Budapest is a city divided into two regions Buda and Pest. Today, we spent our entire day exploring the Pest side. First thing we saw was the Central Synagogue, where we went on a tour where the tour guide who was speaking English might as well …

We arrived in Budapest late afternoon. We were a bit nervy about going to our hostel as we had only paid 4euros a night for it. When we got there there were no signposts, no hostel-looking building and some very dodgy people around. Someone then appeared and took us into this building that luckily was our legit hostel. Was very basic but we weren't …

Thursday evening we set out for Budapest and had to take a 16 hour over night train. This was our first over night train ever, and it was not too comfortable. They ran out of beds so we only had regular seats reserved that did not recline. We saved $22 this way but I don't think I could ever do another train like this without a bed. Finally we …

Saturday is Qualifying day so we headed straight to the circuit to soak up the atmosphere and buy merchandise.

After the action we left early to avoid the crowds and headed to the west bank of the Danube for great views of the Parliament. It's been a dream of mine for a while to see this great river and it felt great to finally see it. We …

Oh Budapest. What can I say, I wasn't even planning on stopping here when my trip started. I had originally cut it out to spend more time in less places. After talking w many travelers and reconsidering. Here I am after 4 days in Budapest. The Hungarian people and culture were so unique, fun, and interesting. I am actually pretty proud I did as …

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So I got off the plane refreshed and ready to go. I had a month to do whatever I pleased and this is where I chose to start my trip. I had been to Budapest twice before but never did I have this much time to explore.


So first thing was first: where to stay. I usually opt for renting a furnished apartment but I thought that since I …

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 …

... synagogue in Dubrovnik. Another building that was truly exceptional, probably the most ornate large building I've seen in person, was the Hungarian Parliament. I've never been to Parliament in England, but I'm guessing the two are on par. I don't know ...

... went on our way. We couldn't get into the main bascilica at St Stephen's so we climbed the tower instead. We walked over to Parliament House and found that you could do a tour. Good plan for tomorrow. We spent the rest of the day walking round town ...

... caught a bit of some helicopter doing some tricks, and then some little planes doing their own tricks, then took in the parliament building, which apparently was built in the image of the Houses of Parliament.  Obviously with so many potential photo ...

... It is pretty small, but lovely. I spent a whole day wandering around Buda, it has great views across the Danube to the Parliament Buildings which are depicted on most of the post cards you can buy in Budapest. The older buildings in Buda have the most ...

... them at all. In the end, I'm glad we came. We walked along the river and admired the beauty of the city. We walked to the Parliament building and up the main street on the Pest side of town. We went to the large park at the outskirts of the city. Bought ...

... , with the rampart running alongside. On those ramparts were spectacular views of the Pest side, with numerous bridges and the enormous Parliament building. The area was one of those places where there was a picture-worthy view at every turn of a corner, ...

... , the parties took their seats from right to left with their seating reflecting their position on political spectrum. In the current parliament, however, the far-right party refuses to sit next to the leading center-right party, so instead they're seated ...

... HUF) to see a breathtaking view of the city.  You could walk around the copula and see the two hills, the parliament, and countless architectures that I could not name.  Adrossy Ut stretched right behind the church, so we went for a walk down ...

... it's what he wanted!) We had a perfectly located hotel room - with a large balcony overlooing the Danube and the Parliament building - exactly where the Red Bull action was taking place.   We bought snacks and champagne, and spent two ...

... the Danube and crossed over the Chain bridge to the Buda side of the river where we took in the magnificent site of the Parliament building.  We took the tram back and got busted by the tram patrol and fined for not having a ticket...nice welcome ...