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The House of Terror in Budapest
Blog: Inside the Travel Lab - 2 February 2012
I stand in the queue, a man turns me back. I stand in another queue. Alone, in silence. Paperwork in one hand, a heap of clothing in the other, limp yet heavy like the body of a sleeping child. It’s cold outside. I wait. I queue. I hand over my camera...The House of Terror in Budapest first appeared on Inside the Travel Lab. Head over there for more juicy fresh travel goodness. Or, you know, something you might like to read...
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Picture Perfect: Pretty Churches in Europe
Blog: The Art of Slow Travel - 1 February 2012
This post is part of a new series entitled ‘Picture Perfect’, published because of my wish to showcase some beautiful travel shots from around the world which didn’t quite make it into regular blog posts or which tell a story on their own and need few words, if any, to describe them. I grew up [...]
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The Weekly Photo: St. Stephen’s Basilica
Blog: Nomadic Matt's Travel Site - 29 January 2012
The inside of St. Stephen’s Basilica in Budapest, Hungary
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The Water of Winter: Baths in Budapest
Blog: Inside the Travel Lab - 27 January 2012
The steam rising out of the drain cover caught my attention first. It was a cold, vengefully cold mid-winter morning in Hungary as I paced along the tarmac, limbs mechanical yet numb, face frozen, eyes rimmed with weather-induced tears. Everyone was...The Water of Winter: Baths in Budapest first appeared on Inside the Travel Lab. Head over there for more juicy fresh travel goodness. Or, you know, something you might like to read...
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Places to see in 2012 - Extended Edition
Blog: Hello, Pineapple? - 1 January 2012
In the January 2012 issue of Time Out Singapore I shared the best places to visit in 2012: Xinjiezhen, China; Guimarães, Portugal; London, England; Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada and The Mayan Riviera, Belize.
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Cheapskate Chronicles: Free Walking Tours in Europe
Blog: Travel Adventures of Newman - 9 November 2011
Imagine arriving at the latest European city on your itinerary, checking into your hotel or hostel, and feeling somewhat disoriented by your new surroundings. How then to regain your bearings?
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Budapest, Vienna and Bratislava: cruising along the Danube
Blog: The Art of Slow Travel - 15 September 2011
I find it more than a little funny that now that I’m leaving Europe I should be filled with an almost uncontrollable desire to explore it further, a feeling which verges on regretting not having seen (though admittedly I couldn’t help it) more of this rich and diverse continent. There are some places I didn’t [...]
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Escape of the Week: Budapest
Blog: The Adventures of D - 2 September 2011
Sometimes, being solo and traveling is hard. You see something so breathtaking, so amazing, such an example of the beauty of the world before you … you turn to convey your joy of the moment … and … nothing. The space beside you is void of anyone. There are times when solo travel is exhausting. [...]
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Inside St. Stephen’s Basilica in Budapest, Hungary
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 21 August 2011
Originally posted on the Everything Everywhere Travel Blog. Discover great travel photos.
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UNESCO World Heritage Site #136: Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 28 July 2011
From the World Heritage inscription: This site has the remains of monuments such as the Roman city of Aquincum and the Gothic castle of Buda, which have had a considerable influence on the architecture of various periods. It is one of the world’s outstanding urban landscapes and illustrates the great periods in the history of [...]
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Hard-luck Hungarians brew some lemonade
Blog: Travel Adventures of Newman - 21 July 2011
Perched atop Gellert Hill in Budapest is the Liberty Statue, a bronzed figure of a woman holding a palm leaf with both hands.
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6 things to do in Budapest: Browse its markets
Blog: The Art of Slow Travel - 11 July 2011
6. Browse its markets Unless you are genuinely ok with below zero temperatures and overcast skies, winter is a rather miserable time to be in Budapest. Sure, the snow is beautiful on this already magnificent city, and the sight of the Danube covered with huge ice blocks moving swiftly downstream is not something you will [...]
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6 Things to do in Budapest: Bathe, Bathe, Bathe in Thermal water
Blog: The Art of Slow Travel - 27 June 2011
5. Bathe, Bathe, Bathe in Thermal water “Oh Shoot! We should have brought flip flops, I told Feri, my boyfriend, as we stepped into the Szechenyi Baths and noticed that we were clearly nowhere as organised as the local bathers, who all had their own towels and bathrobes, flip flops (as is logical in a [...]
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6 things to do in Budapest: Discover beautiful things
Blog: The Art of Slow Travel - 13 June 2011
4) Discover beautiful things Ok, so I might not have been to that many cities, but I don’t care, I will say it anyway. At least so far, Budapest is the most beautiful city I have ever seen. She has the elegance of an old lady, once wealthy, who while still stunningly beautiful, has had [...]
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8 things to do in Budapest – Gasp for Breath at the top of Gellert Hill
Blog: The Art of Slow Travel - 27 May 2011
3) Gasp for breath at the top of Gellert Hill I’ve read on a couple of guides and articles that the best views of Budapest can be seen from the top of Gellert Hill, but alas, I cannot really say, as on the day when my boyfriend somehow convinced me to undertake the heart-stopping hike to [...]
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8 things to do in Budapest – Explore Castle Hill
Blog: The Art of Slow Travel - 16 May 2011
2) Explore Castle Hill Have you ever seen Katie Perry’s music video ‘Firework’, where she and a bunch of other people dance around in a very pretty spot with fireworks bursting off their chests? Well, that very pretty place is none other than Castle Hill, Budapest. If you haven’t already been, run my friend, because [...]
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8 Things to do in Budapest: Learn about its History
Blog: The Art of Slow Travel - 9 May 2011
1) Learn about its History About 35 years ago, the Hungarian parents of my Swiss-born partner left their home country in the hope of creating a better life for themselves and their future family. Why did they do this? Because at the time, Hungary was still under Soviet occupation, and my father-in-law, his wife and his [...]
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Pictures take you places: Margaret Island in December
Blog: The Art of Slow Travel - 2 May 2011
It was cold, freezing cold, so cold that large chunks of ice clung to the banks of the Danube river. We had caught a bus and headed to Margaret Island because it was on our guidebook, only to discover that at this time of the year, it was a quiet stretch of land covered in [...]
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Pictures take you places: Budapest, rough around the edges
Blog: The Art of Slow Travel - 29 April 2011
I am not particularly keen on perfect-looking cities, and it is maybe for this reason that I fell in love with Budapest. Stunning Art Nouveau architecture mingles with graffiti and layers of soot, beautiful period stained glass windows with hastily-finished modern buildings. The above picture seems to capture it all: A red-brick building covered with a [...]
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Pictures take you places: Chain Bridge
Blog: The Art of Slow Travel - 25 April 2011
Budapest is a city made for walking, no matter what the temperature is. Crossing Chain Bridge to and from your visit to Gellert Hill and Castle Hill is part of the Budapest experience, whether you do it hurriedly, or take the time to admire the mighty Danube and the pretty lion statues along the way. [...]
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Lángos and other street food – in Hungary
Blog: Heather on her travels - 26 January 2011
If you’re visiting Budapest, you might be looking for a cheap and tasty snack that’s typically Hungarian – look no further than the Lángos, pronounced Lang-gosh (I’m sure the Hungarian speakers out there will correct me). We ate Lángos on a couple of occasions, once from a booth on the top floor of the Central [...]
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I <3 Budapest
Blog: Leave Me Here - 9 October 2010
Home away from home(?). If I’ve had a base at all this past year, somewhere I keep coming back to, and happy to come back to at that, its been Budapest. Like a toned-down Prague, and minus the epic influx of tourists, Budapest is just a solid little capital. Only 3 Metro lines, and a [...]
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Snapshots: 東歐 East Europe
Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 15 September 2010
A violinist charming a young lady with a song in romantic Budapest Budapest skyline at sunset Tram #47 crossing the Danube on Liberty Bridge, Budapest Locals starting their day with a morning soak in Gellert Baths Artists gathered in Krakow's main square, Poland Krakow old town, Poland Charming Sibiu, Romania Spooky Transylvania, Romania Young boy watches the photographer
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Memento park – Icons of Budapest’s communist past
Blog: Heather on her travels - 8 September 2010
What do you do with all your iconic communist statues when they’re no longer welcome in the squares and parks of central Budapest? At Memento Park they’ve found a great solution – banish them to the outskirts of the city and make them into a prime tourist attraction. We visited Memento Park after our first [...]
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Budapest, Hungary
Blog: Away We Go! - 3 September 2010
Since the moment my feet touched overseas soil on this trip, I’ve been thinking that this has been a pretty incredible year. We’ve been home from our around-the-world jaunt for barely three months, and already our bags are packed and we’re off again, this time to enjoy beachy evenings in Greece with good friends.
