Ibis Budapest

... getting dark and everything was being lit up. Oh my goodness, it was amazing. The view was so incredible. I definitely fell in love with Budapest even more than I already was! I wish we had more time here to say the least. There is just so much to do and ...

... was almost two hours late getting off the ground again because of bad weather.  We finally arrived in Budapest and took the minibus to the Ibis Centrum Hotel right downtown.  A note from Cindy Harper was awaiting us saying that they had already ...

... on my friends who work with Habitat in Hungary. I wish them all the best as they continue to work with families and communities throughout this beautiful country. For those who've not yet visited Budapest 'the Paris of the east,' I highly recommend ...

... for the mini-bus and off to our hotel the Ibis Centrum. There is freezing rain falling.  This the grayest that I've seen Budapest.   It's a bit early to check into the hotel, but one room was available. We put all our luggage into one room ...

Day 3 and last day in Budapest Took a leisurely walk down one of the main roads towards the Danube River and the metro station. There are three lines in the Metro system of underground trains and we took two of them today to go to an area that is quite ...

... . I was sad to see the train pull away from János....it will be awhile before we see him again!!! He helped our trip seem like a vacation. As for Budapest, I'll write them a letter, and MAYBE, just maybe, next time they will be ready for the ...

... already purchased and validated a ticket elsewhere, but there seemed to be no system in place of checking, or enforcement.   In Budapest, we travel up Castle Hill to view the city from the western part of town. Budapest is actually 2 cities: Buda, ...

... , he revealed it was grappa, which I think is a grape-based Italian brandy. Romano explained he was from Switzerland, and was visiting Budapest to get some major dental work done. Now, if I've got this right, this dental work would have cost him 10,000 ...

... same area of town we were we loaded up and were on our way Rachel was a bit skeptical when we told her we were going to Budapest.  She said she was not sure how I would like it but would not expand on that.  On the drive between the airport and ...

After  an 8 hour flight, arrived in Budapest.  Right away 6 of us headed out on a short trip on the metro to Szechenyl baths.  There were a dozen of heated and cold baths, saunas, and steam rooms.  Some of the pools were outside and ...

... checking -- I'm uploading this from Vienna, Austria). Today we're off to Ukraine. The four of us leave the Ibis Centrum Hotel in the Budapest Central District and head by Metro to the Nyugati train station where our train is supposed to leave for ...

Hungarian economics is very complex.  The basics are - the communist left, the new government was a bit corrupt -- over spent -- increased the countries debt -- the world wide economic crisis hit -- they had to tighten up their government ...

Just a bit of an update from a not too fancy internet cafe in Budapest Train Station. After attempting to repack our bags so that we only needed one on the next overnight leg of our journey we left the hotel and headed off in a completely different ...

... Gasse. We checked into these lovely and totally standardized rooms (I swear the furniture and lighting were the same as in Budapest last year, also an Ibis) and went out for an evening walk up Mariahilfe. Somewhat hungry, we enterd in a pub for ...

... busy. Coal, oil, covered cargo, containers. And tourist traffic. Those river boats that you see in the ads for Amsterdam to Budapest. But, we were cycling. The cycling has been a high point of the holiday, the bike paths are nearly always paved and ...