Golden Park Budapest

... palatial looking, but way overpriced Gellert Baths) and climbed to the Liberty Monument on nearby Gellert Hill. This monument is a massive statue of a woman with a huge leaf raised above her head and you can see it from from all over the city. It was originally was erected to commemorate the Soviet liberation of Hungary from the Nazi's at the end of WWII. But after the fun times of the socialist regime that followed it is a now a tribute to the ...

... he is a well-read writer/philosopher/traveler. We spent hours discussing politics, history and travel. I learnt from him that there is a lot of corruption in the country, a disease that has infected all pre-Eastern Bloc countries. Basically he distrusts all politicians and thinks the system is beyond repair, so he does not plan to participate in it. I afraid this kind of attitude is quite wide-spread in this region, intensified by the current economic problem and that's why the voter ...

... Budai Vár on the Castle Hill. Almost like out of a Brothers Grimm fairytale in appearance, its decorative white rampart and flowing staircases stretch alongside the eastern front of the Mátyás Templom or the Matthias Church. Mr.Matthias is the aforementioned Matthias Corvinus, probably the greatest Hungarian king. The "building" is made up of seven towers - each one symbolising the seven Magyar tribes that came to Hungary in 896. According to tradition, the area directly behind the ...

... reggae, beer gardens galore. Water, booze, and music - I'm in heaven. We grab a beer and stroll around before heading out to make our way over to Liszt Ferenc Square. This square has countless cafes and pubs on both sides, and is well over a half mile long, about 100 yards across. Thousands of people will gather at the table, order food and beer, and talk and smoke. Everyone smokes, everywhere in Europe. As you disembark the airplane, they ask you to ...

Arrival in Hungary! Woohoo!! --- Well - at around 8am we arrived in Budapest. We had some trouble this morning on the train - sometime between Hungarian customs (like 4am) and 7am someone stole Meghan's bag from our cabin. Luckily, we found it in the bathroom with only one thing missing, nothing important. It's still kinda scary that it happened, but at least nothing major was taken. Getting off the train was no problem. We even found the ATM at the train station ...

... I hoped that it would make things a bit cooler but not really. I did meet some people to chat with which was nice. A girl from England was in the room next to me and she had been travelling on her own as well. She was tired too and we both commiserated with the fact that travelling alone can be tough and tiring. I met another girl from Australia who was actually in my room. She has been on her own for awhile as well and we shared Russia stories as she visited St ...

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... looks amazing from what I've seen online but unfortunately I didn't get a chance to see this, or take a tour of the Parliament building either which is really impressive and looks on to the Danube. It's the 2nd biggest Parliament building in Europe, 2nd only to Westminster. It was actually modelled on Westminster and you can see it's influence in the architecture, although it's still unique in it's own right. One last interesting fact - when I commented on the ...