Novotel Budapest

...   This was my second visit to this city, and have visited again some years later.   I never tire of Budapest, because even the familiar places I've visited before seems to take on new character from expanding my exploration to other ...

... picturesque as we would have hoped but we are in a nice hotel with very clean room. We have a grappling competition happening in Budapest at the moment and the hotel is filled with teenagers,boys and girls and their coaches. We decided that  we ...

We have our optional excursion to the house of parliament, St Stephen's Church and end up in the famous Gundel restaurant enjoying a chocolate crepe.  Free time afterwards and miss the bus back to the hotel so have to catch a taxi, they take too ...

Off to Budapest today and on arrival we have a city tour before going to our hotel for two nights.  The weather is windy, the breeze is cool but the sun is warm. Tonight we enjoy a optional Danube cruise and dinner and it is really very nice seeing ...

... hopefully in focus!      We successfully found our hotel and fell into bed after a very eventful day. Day 3 Budapest.      Our morning was a pleasant surprise. Our cousin Barna Laci was taking us on a walking ...

... to the hotel. Lots of industrial-ish buildings on the outskirts – and a popular place for graffiti. Turns out most everywhere in Budapest is popular with the graffiti artists.  Checked into the hotel –  and scored on the room. I had ...

... so badly that we even checked for flights, but none were leaving tonight. So we resigned that we would go back to Budapest and stay at the Novotel near the train station. We nearly encountered death along the way, in the form of a minivan driven by a ...

... I'm hungry and want to get to bed early (will be up at 4) so, its off to eat. Lets see if I make to Budapest without incident- I'm certainly hoping so! -- The train ride was surreal. Once locked and bolted into the small cabin, I was somewhat ...

... to Szentendre? The other tourists have disappeared, so we ask around and are directed hither and thither. The receptionist at the Novotel finally points us in the right direction, back to the underground station. He explains that the suburban station is ...

Woke up at 9:00am and headed out for coffee and breakfast. Ended up at "New York Palace Boscolo Hotel". The architecture of the hotel is stunning. Esther:  scrambled eggs Chris:  scrambled eggs and “coated bread with mixed ...

... and mannerisms of our tour director Boglarka.  You see, she is an Eastern European, having been born and currently living in Budapest, Hungary.  She has a very good handle on the English language, but still has a strong accent.  If you are ...

My flight from Budapest to London Heathrow on British Airways was delayed about 1 1/2 hours due to the security threat on flights leaving the UK. When I finally arrived to London, I found the airport full of displaced passengers sleeping in Heathrow ...

... , ending in a lookout point next to the Hall of Justice.  Now, compared to other cities we've been to (Prague, Budapest, San Francisco), where the view overlooks a gorgeous cityscape near a river or bay, this view was... the opposite.  Some ...

... the river cruise ships will not be able to pass through. We heard from our guide that 100 cargo ships were aground on sand bars in Budapest. When we came through the Wachau valley, we had 1 foot of clearance under our boat, according to the ...

... movie. After this I headed to Munich to join Deutsch and Tow for New Year's Even (Mich left us for her parents after Budapest). New Year's Eve in Munich The three of us picked another Sandemans tour, this time a New Year's Even pub crawl for 40 ...