Blogs from Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary, Europe

...we just don't see each other as often as I see Bratislava. This has been my 5th time in Budapest by my count, my 3rd and 4th I didn't bother writing about here, one was one of the craziest DJing trips of my life and the other was a trip with a friend. This was actually the first time I'd ever been in this city alone, so I was looking forward to exploring it without any limits. The train journey from Zagreb was made a bit more bearable by being thrown off because of engineering works for one stop before the border, which meant we got to stretch our legs and break the painfully slow 7 hour journey up a bit. I chatted up until the border with a New Zealander and a Croat, the latter ... read more

After a lie in this am we wandered down to our buffet breakie which was only continental but still pretty good. Muesli, croissants and danishes followed by attempting to use the coffee machine! Mum and dad – its the small version of your one and luckily we didn’t get that one for jen and rich cos it only does the coffee part from what we gathered and we then had to pour cold milk in it which kinda ruined the temperature levels of the experience!! But filled up and caffeined up we trip advisered for a while to figure out what we actually wanted to do for the few days we were here. We decided to head across to Buda for the day to explore the old town. We dressed in semi summer clothes excited about ... read more

We stood with a map in our hands debating our chances of getting from one side of Budapest to the other. Ideally we wished to achieve this with both of us arriving unscathed. Being the coward that I am and not wanting to engage in the trials of foreign public transport I was putting my meaningless vote to a walk across town. Reality suggested this would be a long, long walk. The alternative filled me with stomach churning dread. However, this dread was going to have to be confronted and defeated in the form of the Budapest Metro; a place of nightmares. A look at the Metro sign comforted me in no way. I couldn’t pick one word out that even began to register sense. Half the words didn’t even have a vowel in them and ... read more

*sry if these first few paragraphs are weird, they were typed on my iPod.* Arrived by orangeways bus: decent bus, seats small but leather, had a stewardess, free coffee, and movies. The ride here was fun, I watched some movies, played some games, and did some reading. Slovakia was really cool, I kind of regret skipping out on Levoca and Spisky hrad but I’m glad I had a few days to chill in Krakow. I arrived at night with no map to the hostel, so I had to follow directions old school “left at the light” style which was pretty cool. The hostel was in upper floor of a building seemingly like all the others, kind of falling apart but cool, old Hapsburg architecture. Building and gated hostel door looked shady at first, but it was ... read more

Már csak 19 nap van hátra az indulásig....:)... read more

Hello all! Well we were definitely spoiled with our very inexpensive apartment in Budapest. It was huge and very nice. After over 24hours of not showering, it was just about the greatest sight to see when we first arrived. We had our own kitchen, beds, dining room, and our porch overlooked the basilica! We had two full days, so I made it a point to get a very needed hair cut for the equivalent of $15. Where are these prices in the states?? Communicating with a hairdresser who barely speaks English was quite a challenge but turned out well. We found some great Hungarian food, my body has definitely missed meat and dad would have loved the gyros! We did a lot of walking around the city and found the Opera House, a mosque, climbed to ... read more