Blogs from Hungary, Europe - page 7

http://www.heygo.com 25th January Another visit to Budapest, this time with Adam and to the area of the Parliament Building. A couple of years ago we went on a Danube river cruise and I remember as we sailed into Budapest the sight of the beautiful Parliament Building was truly amazing and then in the evening seeing it all lit up was even more magical. I had been on another of Adam’s fours and remembered his he was so full of knowledge and had what he called micro stories to tell, interesting facts about Budapest that are not necessarily in any tourist book. We were on the Pest side, the skies were full of clouds ranging from white to menacing black ones which all added to the atmosphere as we started our journey. A very moving installation was ... read more

14th January Our tour today was with Zsuzsi around the Heroes’ Square area of Budapest. The gateway to Budapest’s City Park, Heroes’ Square is a huge semicircular colonnade with 14 statues of men whose lives had major impacts on Hungary’s history. We learnt about about the different Magyars & Hungarian National leaders. There are altogether 7 kings, 7 chieftains and 7 statesmen immortalised in bronze. Not quite so historical but Michael Jackson used the monument for the opening of the video ‘History’ - The one with the gigantic King Kong sized statue of Michael that engulfed the archangel tops. We continued through the gateway and headed towards Vajdahuntyad Castle passing an area that in the Summer is a boating lake and in Winter an ice skating rink, although currently closed due to Covid. Vajdahuntyad Castle was ... read more

30/12 Budapest at Christmas We started our tour in the heart of Budapest on the banks of the Danube, across the water the Beautiful buildings looking very splendid all lit up. Zsuzsi, our guide, pointed out the famous chain bridge which I recalled when we visited Budapest a few years ago on a Danube river cruise. We stopped to view the exterior of the Vigado Concert Hall, The Vigadó Concert Hall is the second largest Concert Hall in Budapest, which was inaugurated in 1865. It was destroyed during World War II and was not re-opened until 1980. It has been wonderfully reconstructed as a Classical Building and Concert Venue. We continued to Vorosmarty Square, The most famous building on the square is the Gerbeaud-ház built in 1858-1862 in art Nouveau style. The first floor is the ... read more

Check out, platba v eurach, smer bus stanica a keszthely, odtial chytame vlak smer Bélatelep. Tu vystupujeme len my. Ideme popri velmi peknom nabrezi popri balatonu az do dedinky fonyod. Na kamenoch susim este mokre trenky, chytam bronz. Je tu dost rybarov, niektory maju vybudovane lovecke lavicky priamo v jazere. Na jednu si sadame a relaxujeme. AK by nebolo super veterno, bolo by to tu idealne. Parkujeme na jednu free ohradenu plaz, opat relax pri jazere. Lezime blizko pri vode, obcas nas ostrieka velka vlna. Plaz je travnata s tym, ze vstup do vody tvori betonova hradza, na ktorej su schodiky aj so zabradlim. Je tu i bufetik, tak reku dame rybicku, no platba len hotovostou a tu opat nemame. Tesne pred fonyod je plaz urcena pre psov. Brrr Vo fonyode opat namesticko s restikami. Do ... read more

Nadherne slnecne ranko Klasicke sladke ranajky (kapucino, zakusok) vybavene v dobre vyzerajucej kaviarnicke Sissy Kávézó és Fagylaltozó pri bus stanici . Bohuzial ostalo iba pri dobrom vyzore, kava nic moc. Bus stanica je tu tragicka, oval, v ktorom strede je budova. Z jednej strany zastavky, z druhej tiez. No opat len cisla, tak clovek musel prejst vsetky aby zistil odkial to ide do keszthely. Ide to z druhej strany ako ked sa pride z tohto krkolomne vyslovujuceho sa mestecka. Prichadza lokalny bus co stoji i v meste. Vyskakujeme asi v strede mesta. Treba zmacknut tlacitko, inak bus nezastavi. Dobra sprava, gps mi uz funguje tak ako pred tym, opat dalsia aktualizacia, tak problem asi odstranili. Pochodujeme do Kastély parku. Tu je pekny kastiel, krasny velky, upraveny park a samozrejma fontana. Nechyba tu muzeum a ... read more