Hotel Beke Radisson
Travel Blogs from Budapest
First we took Bratisalva then we took Budapest
Today was an early day with a wake up call at 6 am. With another great breakfast behind us, we boarded the bus for our log trip to Budapest in Hungary. It was a beautiful day with sunshine and a high of 29 degrees. Our drive took us to Slovakia, where we stopped in the capital city of Bratislava ( Brothers of Slovakia). Our lunch was at a …
Budapest tour
Today was a beautiful day! Sun was shining, the temperature was warm, and everyone showed up early on the bus. A little about our tour and tour guides. First, our bus drive is Franco, a nice gentleman from Italy, who speaks very little English, but is one amazing driver, he can squeeze that big bus into and out of the smallest streets, through cars …
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
... with water and half filled with diesel. They created an input to the generator that was located in a flower garden. Every time they went to water the garden, they'd also fill up the generator. A very smart idea until Winter comes along and there are no flowers to water! Apart from all the other risks, the head doctor was Jewish. He had planned to escape with his family but ended up staying to work in the hospital... He couldn't leave all those people behind to suffer. It was a ...
Boat Tour and Marketplace
... green peppers and boiled potatoes and thought it was very good but really messy. The place was packed and it was hard to find a spot to sit and eat, but eventually we found spots near an English couple who were visiting Budapest for a week.
Back at the hotel, we purchased our tickets for the Szechenyi Bath for tomorrow morning.
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You gotta love this city, love this city
... century, the Hungarian people had gone back to it's own monarchy within the Austro-Hungarian Empire, however, it still remained part of the Empire with an emperor overseeing the whole thing. It was due to this tie, that despite the Hungarian parliament trying its hardest to reframe from war, was dragged into World War I on the side of the Germans. In October 1918, the relations between Austria and Hungary were formally dissolved. The Trianon Treaty of 1920 saw ...