Hungary
Travel Blogs from Hungary
Pest
... (after Milan). It didn't help that they chose to stage a Hungarian opera for their first show, in their assertion of Hungary's equality with Austria. The interior was definitely elaborate. It had all the amenities of a top opera house of the late 1800's. ...
Budapest
Went caving more like pot holing! Actually it is total 100% pot holing. If anyone hasn't heard of pot holing it basically means your squeezing though holes not design to be squeezed though. Sod law's I am the biggest person in the group and the when the ...
First day of work!
I never thought I would say this, but getting back to work made me feel so much better =) Kidding, but it really did. It was nice to be productive, busy and around people. Everyone in the office is really nice. And the coffee is better here. I order ...
HUNGARY!!!
Today was an awesome day (and really long)!!! I woke up at 530 and went for a run with this navy guy on tour. We ran through Roman ruins and Hungarian suburbs, it was really cool. Afterwards we got back right in time for breakfast and to pull our ...
Beer, Meat, Water ..... with Gas?
... . They even had Ostrich sausages! There's a first for everything, I guess. And then there's the beer - another favourite in Hungary. Beer is extremely cheap for the average traveller with a long neck costing about $1AUD. The variety is amazing including ...
Another Close Call
... to start with the synagogue because closed in the middle of the day. I've seen some impressive neolog synagogues in Hungary, but the Szeged synagogue was the biggest and most elaborately decorated. In fact, the interior could easily have been confused ...
Firsts
I had 2 firsts today: I ate my first sushi in Debrecen and I went to my first class at the gym. The little things make me happy =) Tina and I went to the only sushi restaurant in town for lunch, and it wasn't bad. It's an all-you-can-eat place with a ...
Buda and Pest!
... the Van Gogh exhibit) and the Museum of Terrors (which chronicles both Nazi and Communist occupations ... everyone seems to have occupied Hungary at one point or another. It's amazing Hungarians let anyone visit!) More later! I'm off to buy some ...
Back to the Motherland - Hungary
Well after a 30-hour commute from Australia I am in Hungary - the crazy old place where I was born. I have always felt a strong connection with the place, yet find it so, so strange. But first a bit about the trip over. Having only done the trip ...
Budapest
... Pest which is more commercial and completely flat. This is why the city is called Budapest, after the two cities combined. Hungary is famous for Paprika, Goulash and Thermal Baths are famous in Budapest. We went to a traditional restaurant yesterday and ...
A day and a concert in Budapest
... nbsp; As Attila explained to me later, the piece is not that frequently performed in the country of its orgin (Hungary) because of its perceived difficulty. But turning around to bow after the performance last night, it was more ...
Pretty pleased with myself =)
... been primarily full of high school kids, and I must be getting old because I felt like I could have been one of their moms =) People in Hungary seem to go out a lot later than we do in the US. We left the last place at 3:30, and it wasn't showing any ...
Tired, but we;re here
Arrived at Budapest a little late then had to go down steps from the plane to the tarmac and then take a bus to the terminal. Getting our bags was no sweat and we didn’t have to go through Customs. A representative from Uniworld met us and took us ...
Budapest
... the entire city, the green-forested hills everywhere, and up and down the river. I don't know what people think when they hear Hungary, but Budapest is a must visit. I could have spent two or three days here easily-there are just so many museums, boat ...
Loki & Muslinca
This week was marked by lots of work, a trip to the local wine bar and a Debrecen Loki soccer game. Overall, it was a good week. A few of us went to Muslinca for a wine tasting event for this vineyard called Boylki, which is about an hour away in Eger. ...
Budapest, Hungary
Just a quicky this eve. Arrived in Budapest this morning. The sleeper car experience was actually rather good much better than an overnight coach and it was made even better by the fact I had the whole compartment to myself! i also had a nice chat with ...
English and couch-surfing
I learned today that Americans are much more tolerant of flawed English than Hungarians. One of the managers I work with told me he wanted to ask me a personal question. My interest was peaked because they don't really ask you personal questions here, ...
Buda and Pest
We're staying at the East Side hostel as its the cheapest in town. At the moment we're booked three nights but we've got some time to spare so we may be enlarging that, we'll see what there is to see and do first. 18 November: We arrived on a lovely ...
Már itthonról
Hello újra! Nos, gondoltam írok egy fejezetet, ami már az itthoni életről szól, hisz azért Koreából hazajönni nem olyan, mint Európa vmelyik államából. Hát, a repülőre simán felengedték a csomagom, minden rendben ment. Az út ...
3 countries in a day
... for Vienna, but I had to get off at Bruck a d Leitha, which is the 3rd stop after the border, then take a train into Hungary. The Austrian border guards didn't stamp my passport! :( It's funny, when I was in Vienna I never realised how close it is to ...
Franz Joseph's Day of Glory
Greetings, So we decided to live the life of Franz Joseph and travel to the other imperial capital of Austro-Hungarian empire and day trip it to Budapest. Our train left super early so we could make it to Budapest by midmorning. If you all ...

