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Travel Blogs from Budapest

What do we do with all these statues?

A travel blog entry by jambo

When the reformers, rebels and do-gooders of the late-80s were plotting the downfall of communism, they thought they had considered everything. Overthrow leaders - check! Implement free-market economics - check! Suddenly become **** at Olympics - check!

What they didn't think about was what to do with all of those great big statues that they had spent the previous 45 years erecting. Communists love statues of their heroes, almost as much as they love ...

Day 18: Vienna to Budapest

A travel blog entry by jaimie_rob

... out for a drink to a pub that one of the guys wanted to check out the last time he was in Budapest but never got around to it. On the walk there we had nicknamed it ‘The best pub in the world’ because we were building it up, and we couldn’t pronounce it’s name! Hungarian is a very, very interesting language. The pub turned out to be the best pub on the tour, definitely, and one of the best pubs ...

Put your hands in the air for this family affair

A travel blog entry by pegsaroni

... like death. I would have gotten closer to read the sign but there was a bunch of girls hanging off of it. Walking deeper in the park, we were redirected by the police for some unknown reason, but it was probably for a good one. As we were walking down the road, two fire engines went racing past, and ten minutes later as we were lying on the grass taking in the serenity, there was a massive bang coming from the direction we were told not to ...

Laurie's Journey Back to Budapest

A travel blog entry by laurie-shawn

... Star Inn where we previously stayed. The comings and goings of other "residents" reminded me of hostels I've stayed in during other travels and gave an overall ease to the place. It is close to a myriad of colorful cafes, clubs and restaurants, along with museums, churches and synagogs - easy to walk to anything and everything you need. I had to pay a 10Euro deposit for the room key and I was told that to lock and unlock the door, the key must be turned ...

Budapest, are you feeling Hungary?

A travel blog entry by lukeandbelinda

... and found the outside bit. We were overwhelmed by the beautiful yellow buildings surrounding the 3 massive outside pools. We spent the whole day moving from bath to bath and also frequenting the whirlpool where you get pushed around by the jets. We had the best day.

We also went on the basic walking tour around Buda and Pest. There were other types of tours including the Communist walk which I think Luke would ...