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Travel Blogs from Budapest, Hungary
gyorsindulás....szeretetfelé
18.a vasárnap.persze elaldutam.álmost is vagyok.regelénmárbenem érek pestre. összepakolok komotosan fekszem az ágyamon.nézegetem az embereket. tizkörül ment buszom...vonatom sokat késett....közben felhivtam pár embert....ugye ...
Meeting some good friends, quickly :)
It was 8-something in the morning when our crew arrived at the Keleti (Eastern) Train Station of the Hungarian capital. There were 5 of us, as two of our other pals joined us during the night, hopping on at Cluj. The time on train flew relatively fast, ...
The hottest city on earth
... an underground tour of a of labrynth caves displaying replicas of prehistoric and historic art - also a welcome break from the heat. Budapest was a little too much for me as I was hit with sunstroke and was briefly knocked out of commission for a ...
here I am...
just took the bus from Bratislava... and now I'm here... relaxing at my friend Dirk's house... more posted when there's something to post... word. (no need to comment, mom...) ;) ...
A little bit of "home cooking"
... hall, via the walking street of Vaci Utca, which has hundreds of stores selling anything you might want from Budapest (clothes, paprika, glass, crystal, I-heart Budapest shirts). The main market was impressive and HUGE. ...
Budapest
... checked out of the hostel. Our train to Bratislava was not until the late afternoon, so we had the whole day to spend in Budapest. We went to a synagogue with a museum and memorial gardens and then went on to one of the city baths, where pools are filled ...
Budapest and toilet paper!!!
... ideally situated. They also had limited free WiFi!! After dinner a group of us decided to go and spend Saturday night in Budapest. Helen, the tour guide has a friend here by the name of Milan and arrangements had been made for him to show ...
It keeps getting better...
... really had no appeal to us, although I'm sure, if the government focused on tourism, it would have great potential. BUDAPEST, HUNGARY... Our accommodations have ranged, but unlike my 1998 trip with Steve and Rob, considering this was basically our ...
Twistin' By the Pool
... interested tourist. I was the only one and was presented with an English booklet describing all the treasures of the Protestants in Budapest which were pointed out in Hungarian by the sweet little lady who wanted to be sure that I saw all the museum ...
a visit to my homeland.
... Merlin’s. So we were off and headed to Merlin’s for what turned into the best night ever. I fell in love with Budapest. I was dressed appropriately for this 80s dance party in my favorite used dress from the best vintage shop in Paris. We all ...
The not so scary East
... and partly because things were cheaper. Luckily I met a girl in Munich, Tracy, who was going to Bratislava, Slovakia and Budapest, Hungary, which were two of the cities I really wanted to hit. I have been intrigued by Budapest since my last ...
One last trip to Budapest for awhile
... for the first time and seemed to like it. It was a fun night. They left early this morning so I just wandered around Budapest for awhile today. I went to the huge market that I really like here and bought about a pound of yummy cookies to take into ...
Who Da Best NO BUDAPEST, I'm Hungry NO HUNGARY
Budapest was great! This is the first place that we feel like we didnt get to see everything but we shall return one day. We hiked up this huge hill to the castle district...uppers castle district...and the view from the castle was AWESOME!!!!! Then we ...
Onward to hostelling life
... within the corrodors make for some pretty creepy moments, and we both got startled by carved statues of people that are interspersed within the catacombs. It was really awesome, i highly suggest that anyone who goes to Budapest should see the ...
Budapest
... with slogans like "White and Brutal". It was sad to see that homophobia and racism was so rampant in Hungary. On our third day in Budapest we decided to do a little more sightseeing and went to the Millenium monument which was built just over a ...
The mother of all festivals
... music. The festival site is immense and is on an island in the middle of Danube just outside of the centre of Budapest. There were stages for every kind of music imaginable. One of the things we both loved about the week was being ...
Three Cities Down, One to Go
... at a little cafe and then went to the Terror Museum. If you don't know the history of Budapest and Hungary, you should. They have been under constant turmoil for years. The Turks, the Ottomans, the Germans, the ...
Pest!!
... hero square, wandering up and down Andrassay Avenue, walking accross the Danube Bridges, walking through a winter beaten park, als checking out the Hungarian National Museum which gave a good overview of Hungarian modern history. Beautiful city, Budapest. ...
Architecture, a reunion, and the Sziget Festival
And after a short flight from Istanbul we arrived in Hungary's capital city Budapest, which is divided by the Danube River, to the west is Buda and on the east - Pest. It is very much what you'd picture of a thriving European city, highlighted by ...
13 hours in the Budapest airport
David's pictures from the airport David and I prepared for the longest and most tedious layover of our lives, when we ran into some ...
entry to the east
... from rome and where real sad to leave as we wanted to continue and wander the city as there is so much to see. however hungary was waiting for us and we arrived on a gray and misrable evening with no hotel booked. after an hour of wandering and trying to ...
Krakow, Auschwitz, and Budapest
... in our cabin, and the ferrets owner, who happened to be the proud chairman of the Hungarian Ferret Association. Seriously. Budapest. Bonnie booked a great apartment on line, so forgive us for barely wanting to leave it at first, as we had ...
Beautiful Buda and Parties in Pest
... good at the game and I was to his left, so I totally lost. OH WELL, still very fun. Definitely a good first night in Budapest. On Thursday morning, we woke up pretty early to go to the Szechenyi thermal baths. Budapest is famous for it's ...
Bathing in Budapest
Hello All, A spa city is just what i needed and Budapest is the just the place for it. Hungary is famous for its natural springs, lakes and spas that have for centuries been used medicinally. These so called health and wellness centres are major ...