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Budapest, Though Buda more than Pest
Blog: Abandon the Cube - 1 September 2010
Budapest has received a lot of fan fare in recent years for its bohemian settings and casual expat culture. We got to experience a bit of this for the few brief days we were in Budapest.
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Sour cherry soup at Salföld in Hungary
Blog: Heather on her travels - 25 August 2010
On our recent holiday near Lake Balaton in Hungary, we ventured away from the lake a little to the picturesque village of Salföld, where I had a chance to try this Sour Cherry soup. We found a pleasant village restaurant with a large garden called Pajta Galeria on the edge of Salföld. I spotted this [...]
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Relaxed Indian style at Mandragora Boutique Hostel, Budapest
Blog: Heather on her travels - 19 August 2010
The Mandragora Boutique Hostel is a home-from-home of the Pest side of the Hungarian capital, Budapest, decorated in modern style with a nod towards India and super friendly and helpful staff – read on for my review…. Imagine your best friend in Budapest invites you to stay – she’s just bought her first apartment in [...]
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A Postcard from Budapest
Blog: Heather on her travels - 17 August 2010
I’m sending you this postcard from Budapest, at the start of my week’s holiday in Hungary. We spent yesterday seeing something of the city, not so much with any set plan to see all the sites, but choosing a couple of things and then going with the flow. Our main destination was Margaret island, a [...]
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Solo travel to Budapest – 1985.
Blog: Solo Traveler - 11 August 2010
Traveling to Budapest in 1985 was interesting to say the least. Just the first day alone had enough drama for a full story.
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Hungary: Bulls Blood, Goulash, and Why We Say No to Chinese Food
Blog: The Amazing Dawdle - 3 August 2010
Zalakaros, Hungary
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My Own Private Budapest
Blog: Nomadic Matt's Travel Site - 25 July 2010
Budapest. The beautiful city on the Danube. It’s a city I’ve never heard anything bad said about. “If you love Prague, you’ll love Budapest” people would tell me. And they were right- I did like Budapest, though not nearly as much as I like Prague but that’s another story. This story is about [...]
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Day 164: Bathing in Budapest
Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 24 July 2010
Men enjoying the warm thermal waters at Gellert Baths What a way to start the day! An early morning stroll through Budapest's tourist-free streets, crossing River Danube over a sunrise lit Liberty Bridge, and arriving at the Gellert bathhouse by 6am for a three hour morning bath... Thermal water springing forth from a grand marble fountain One of the grandest bathhouses in Budapest, the
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Day 161: Trainhopping
Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 22 July 2010
Sweet love - tasting Tokaji aszu, a dessert wine famous in Hungary Tokaj wasn't quite a straightforward destination to reach from Levoča, Slovakia. We decided to stop by this wine producing region famous in Hungary for it's sweet dessert wines rather than messing about with Bratislava. It took 12.5 hours and 3 changes to bridge the mere 250km distance. It was only yesterday that we left Levoča
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The Weekly Photo: Budapest Baths
Blog: Nomadic Matt's Travel Site - 25 June 2010
Széchenyi Bath in Budapest, Hungary [...]
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International Marriage (Relationships) Series #6 – Malta and Hungary
Blog: Vagobond.com - 19 June 2010
In # 1 of this series, I presented the questions. # 2 profiled Kay and Todd from Japan and the USA # 3 profiles Vibek and Spencer from Norway and Gibralter #4 profiles Lobot and Mrs. Lobot from the USA and France #5 profiles Anna and Dr. Trouble from Poland and Japan #6 profiles Denise and Ferenc from Malta and [...]
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City Guide – 24 Hours In Budapest, Hungary
Blog: As We Travel - 15 June 2010
How To Spend 24 Hours In Budapest, Hungary Budapest give you a very different experience to the western part of Europe. There is a rough unpolished beauty about Budapest, one that you don’t experience in nearby places like Vienna where the buildings are white, clean, and pretty.
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Budapest Wishes You Were Here
Blog: Suzy Guese - 11 June 2010
It is no secret that I love to find the best views of a city when I travel. While in the heat of the day yesterday I hiked to one of the best views of Florence, Bret from The Jetpacker was reflecting on one of the views he enjoyed of Budapest. Take the funicular up to [...]
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Hungary 3: When Buda Met Pest
Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 25 May 2010
This week's guest blogger is fantasy novelist Narrelle M Harris, author of the acclaimed vampire novel The Opposite of Life. Aptly, she's currently just a stone's throw from Transylvania...
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Romanian sunsets, Hungarian mornings and Polish afternoons
Blog: The Adventures of D - 25 May 2010
I stood outside at 22h 40 (I know, very European of me), backpack strapped tight to me, messenger bag slung across my front and purse on my arm. Whew. It was time to depart Cluj and head to Krakow. Via bus. Back to Budapest. When Arpad first told me I had to take a bus [...]
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Hungary 2: Quite Continental
Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 20 May 2010
"That's not a continental breakfast..." As I was growing up in rural Western Australia, occasionally travelling with my family and staying in motels, I became accustomed to the idea that a "continental breakfast" was inherently disappointing. To the average Australian motelier, the continental breakfast consisted of a tiny cardboard box of corn flakes with some milk, along with two thin slices of toasted white bread with jam from a little sachet. If you were lucky, there might be a sachet of Vegemite as well.
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Wizz Air extras - to pay or not to pay, that is the question
Blog: Travel log and tips for budget travel by backpacking, RV (motorhome) and cruising - 14 May 2010
Where possible we fly with a budget airline to save money. We booked our flight to Hungary (to visit the dentist) with Wizz Air and were offered numerous extras, baggage, priority check in, extra leg room etc. Needless to say as cheapskates we opted for none of them (but ended up with many, read on).
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Hungary 1: Balaton Out of Season
Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 12 May 2010
There's nothing so fascinating as a holiday town out of season. For one reason or another I usually arrive in Central Europe in May; early enough for the weather to be warm, but way before high season kicks in.
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A visit to Dr Death the dentist
Blog: Travel log and tips for budget travel by backpacking, RV (motorhome) and cruising - 7 May 2010
Having just completed dental treatment in Hungary I can confirm it is of good quality and the price is right, even though we were treated by Dr Toth - the Hungarian word for death!
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D vs Budapest: The down and dirty recap
Blog: The Adventures of D - 28 April 2010
I departed Madrid with such apprehension. I wanted to stay, but knew it was time to head out and keep traveling. Budapest was the destination, but I wasn’t too excited, despite the marvelous things I have heard about it. I loved being with my new friends, and heading to Budapest meant a departure from my [...]
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The upside of traveling solo is the same as the down
Blog: The Adventures of D - 26 April 2010
I stood, lost in thought at the taco counter in Pest. "Are you OK?" asked the young man at the counter, in English seeping with a beautiful Hungarian accent. I jogged back into the moment. "Oh, yeah," I said, grabbing my metal tray containing a junior burrito and large beer. "Just thinking." And I left it at that. The truth was, I was OK. But, only kindasortanotreallymaybe.
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Taking it off in Budapest
Blog: The Adventures of D - 22 April 2010
I stood in front of my locker, looking from the suit I was wearing to the clothes I had laid out on the bench in front of me. Two older women stood in the room, talking amongst themselves. If they did notice me, they ignored me. Do it. Do it. Do it. I stood for a moment longer. It's just naked, D. It's no big thing.
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Szechenyi
Blog: Leave Me Here - 12 April 2010
A Hungarian institution Considering I’ve been here 5 weeks already, I thought it time to post something.. Budapest happens to lie on a geographical fault line, situated between the Buda Hills and the Great Plains – that wont really mean anything to anyone reading this, but literally, it means Budapest is basically sitting atop 120+ [...]
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Pest or Buda
Blog: Murmurs from a foriegn land. - 18 December 2009
Budapest – August 21st, 2009 After a good 3-4 hour sleep I’m up and at it. Not particularly but I do trudge to the grocery store and grab some food for breakfast. I then decide I’m gonna go and climb a hill. Not exactly smart when still hungover. I walk across the Independence Bridge and across to [...]
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Buda Buda
Blog: Murmurs from a foriegn land. - 17 December 2009
Budapest, Hungary – August 20th, 2009. I get up fairly early as I have to get a 9am train to Budapest. Its a bit of a journey to Budapest though. I go to the station and stock up for the trip, buy a ticket and then wait on the train. Its at about 30 minutes [...]
