Country Info
- Budapest
- Capital
- Forint (HUF)
- Currency
- 10,106,017
- Population
- HU
- Country Code
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Travel Blogs from Hungary
trains
Big or small, fast and slow, old or new....they come in all shapes, sizes, and forms... You never know what is going to show up to pick you ...
Rainy day = movies and beer
Crappy day, so myself and two other American's that I met, Derek and Andrew, attempted to find a movie playing in English. Only lame ones were playing so we went to random bars recommended to us. Real chill time. The three of us went out with two ...
Aaahhhh Buda & Pest... what a marvelous place
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 ---------------------------- Tuesday and the sun ...
Miskolc
... as we stood without a seat 90% of the trip...on a slow train that took almost 3 hours) We had a great time though. We are greatful God gave us this opportunity to return to Hungary and we are loving the adventure. God is good..all the ...
Out East
So, as we were out East, in the area of Gyor, we headed out to a place called Pannonhalma, to visit a old Monastery/ Benedictine Abbey. Sadly, we didn't get to see any of the monks, but the tour was still interesting. We saw the first extant sample of ...
A nice day off; Dunafoldvar
... But it did feel great on my aching muscles. Then back to site to collect dry washing and to the park to blog. Hungary has been a cultural shock and I'm still adjusting. Routes and accomodation are difficult to plan but to a paucity of bridges and ...
Going to Hogwarts?
... take trains around Europe and so far we hadn't done so. We decided to take the train from Zagreb, Croatia to Budapest, Hungary. We wandered down to the train station and had no trouble buying tickets for the next day. Train ticket buying in Zagreb ...
Pecs - Hungary
... one roof and crescent moons on another - we labelled these oddities as a "Chosque". While mainly Christian in Hungary, you do see some fantastic mosques, many of which originated from Turkish invasions anywhere from 8th-16th centuries, as well ...
I like thermal baths
... Afterward we went over to the Terror Museum, an interesting museum detailing the history of Nazi and Communist rule in Hungary, particularly focusing on the atrocities they committed. Not exactly an upper, but really interesting information to ...