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Where kings are crowned
Today we planned to go to the town of Eztergom, which is about an hour outside Budapest, and the town where David's girlfriend, Timi lives. So, we arrived at Timi’s house without issue (Gina works in Hungary!) and had a lovely warm welcome from Timi and her family. Lee and David got on great, even though they hadn’t seen each other for 8 years, and it was like old times. Timi’s mum had baked these delicious cheese pastry bites which we munched ...
Day 309 - Home Away from Home in Hungary
... that greeted you as you stepped foot inside was a stairwell framed by a deep green painted door with black iron fixtures in the French Bordeaux style. Past the doors and down the stone steps was a musky arched cellar made out of bricks that revealed the true age of this place, and lining each dark wine-stained wall were various casks of size and variety, each marked with a simple abbreviation for the contents inside. We uncorked a few, ...
Arriving hungry in Hungary?
... if you ever have the chance to experience do it, and at night especially.
My first trip turned out to be very different than I could have every imagined but an amazing time. Our group encountered everything from creepy hostel, girl fights, near frost-bite, hostel lock out, coming back 20,000 huffs in debt. If there is one thing that I have come to accept in my experience abroad is that there is no such thing as expectations because if you are like me strange things find you. ...
I Don't Think I Can Do Another Castle
... many Hungarians spend their summer holidays. The lake is enormous; something like 70km long, with lots of towns all around the lake. On the way to the lake we stopped in a town that has the longest name I've ever seen, and couldn't even begin to pronounce, to meet a work friend of Craig's for lunch. This friend worked with Craig in Brisbane but had to return to his home country of Hungary due to illness. We met him and his wife in town and they took us to lunch in an ...
Hungary 101
... also, so I learn a little like that.
At the ATM last night I accidentally withdrew 60,000 forints (€200) instead of 6,000 so will change the bulk of that into Serbian Dinars and Turkish currency in Budapest after buying some bike stuff and having a good old time.
Arriving in Győr, I looked around the centre a little and then decided to stop at a Belgian café for a coffee and a few snacks, and finally, succumbing to the ...
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Hotel Saint Adalbert
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