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Travel Inspiration – Being Afraid of People and Couchsurfing Anyway
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 4 February 2012
I am not a people person. As a result, I’ve never considered myself the best candidate for couch surfing. This stems more from the fact that I am painfully shy than it does from my being a mean or Scrooge-like person.
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Szeged, Hungary Wishes You Were Here
Blog: Suzy Guese - 3 February 2012
A distant dyke collapsed and flooded the city of Szeged back on March 12, 1879, a town set up in southeastern Hungary. Ruining much of the city, Szeged received the help of its neighboring European countries to rebuild, redesign and resolve after such devastation. And like Szeged’s great flood, I was forced to resolve to [...]
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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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Vagabond Hiker Scholar – Francis Tapon
Blog: Vagobond.com - 21 January 2012
If there is a modern day heir to the great traveler/scholar Ibn Batutta - I would say that Francis Tapon is the guy. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!
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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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10 Highlights of Budapest
Blog: 501 Places - 28 December 2011
Budapest has long been an important European capital, sitting as it does pretty much in the centre of the continent and straddling the mighty Danube. A succession of invaders have left their mark on the skyline of Budapest and evidence of 20th century European battles is easy to uncover. Budapest is home to dozens of [...]10 Highlights of Budapest is a post from: 501 Places
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The Best Christmas Markets in the World*
Blog: Inside the Travel Lab - 23 December 2011
So, to celebrate gingerbread, gluhwein and twinkling bright lights, I bring you this post: the Best Christmas Markets in the World. (Only, it's not really the whole world. Just the countries between Turkey and Germany. But let's face it, that wouldn't make such a good title...
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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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Ferenc wants a metal detector for Christmas
Blog: The Art of Slow Travel - 4 July 2011
Ferenc Kis, who you’ve already met here, wants a metal detector for Christmas. He told me that Lake Balaton, the area where his wife and him lived, had once been home to the Romans, and that there were still treasures to be found hidden beneath the now Hungarian soil. Ferenc Kis is my partner’s father. Ferenc and [...]
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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 [...]
