http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Central-Hungary/Budapest/Pest/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Hungary , Central Hungary , Budapest , Pest en-us Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:27:10 +0000 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:27:10 +0000 In the last week of April my mum and I spent a few days in Budapest. It had been my birthday present for mums 70th birthday as always an absolutely unselfish present I had never been to Budapest before myself and was eager to go there . We stayed there from the 27th of April till the 1st of May.Mum and I met at the airport in Munich she had flown there from Stuttgart I had come in from http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Central-Hungary/Budapest/Pest/blog-790390.html The number 1 line of the Budapest Metro was the first subway to be built in the continental Europe. The emperor of Austria and Hungarian King Franz Josef was the first to ride. It was built to celebrate the millennium of Budapest in 1896. It is a short line the runs the length Andrssay utca and the stops hit many of the major highlights of the city such as the Franz List Museum Opera House and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Central-Hungary/Budapest/Pest/blog-784305.html The trained arrived in the station at just before 1 pm. When we stepped off the train we were greeted by 2 things both not pleasant. The first and most noticeable was my dear friend humidity. I do not like humidity fortunately it wasnt Deep South or Chicago humid. The second thing was the obnoxious taxi hockers. The literally tried to take your suit cases out of your hand before you eve http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Central-Hungary/Budapest/Pest/blog-784023.html The coach journey to Hungary was pretty uneventful there were actually people at border control this time although they didn39t say anything about lack of visa for Slovakia. Fiona and pretty much everyone else on the coach fell asleep except me I ended up chatting with Chris and Emma which was nice We got to Budapest but I can39t remember what time. We had a little drive through the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Central-Hungary/Budapest/Pest/blog-783183.html After a quick three hour bus ride from Vienna we arrived in Budapest and proceeded to find our way to our next host.We had struggled to find anywhere to stay in Budapest but at the last minute Moni fom Couchsurfing came to our rescue and offered us a couch and a very comfy beanbag for a couple of nights. The first night a few of her friends came around and they cooked us some delicious Hungari http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Central-Hungary/Budapest/Pest/blog-779600.html Bonjour tout le mondeParfois quand je commence crire un blog je suis un peu dcourag. Je regarde mon calepin de notes et il contient vraiment trop de choses dont jai envie de parler et jentrevois lternit que a va prendre pour tout crire parce que je dois vous lavouer je ne suis pas crivains ne. Aujourdhui cest un peu le contraire mon calepin est vide. C http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Central-Hungary/Budapest/Pest/blog-774926.html Originally Hungary was not part of the plan. Were suppose to just go straight from Prague to Vienna. But then my hubby challenged me to realize my wish list of writing my own travel book. Well in order to do that I need another Eastern Europe countries on my repertoire. So challenge accepted It was exactly 10 days before we left for Europe and I thought Im going mad. Im not re http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Central-Hungary/Budapest/Pest/blog-772556.html Day 40 in Europe Budapest Hungary Jan 21st 2013Oh my Gosh and Things and Stuff Today marks my 40th Day Backpacking through Europe What an increadible Milestone. It has been thee greatest experiance of my life and I am sad that it39s coming to an end but I have a few more days before I have to be Responsible again Somewhat Responsible and come back to Reality. Also this was th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Central-Hungary/Budapest/Pest/blog-767313.html Day 38 in Europe Feeling Hungary in Hungary Budapest January 20th 2013Hey Hey Hey Guess who39s in Budapest After around a 4 hour Charter Bus ride we head into Budapest from Brno. The first part of the town is super rundown and the very first thing I see when getting off the bus is a gigantic pile of Puke waiting on the ground to greet me. Likewise the first picture I take in Budapes http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Central-Hungary/Budapest/Pest/blog-767080.html Idegenvezet tanulink tanulmnyi stja. 2012. oktber 26. lttextarea idadlesseunifiermagicelementid styledisplay nonegtlttextareagt http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Central-Hungary/Budapest/Pest/blog-755622.html As frustrating and at times exacerbating as election campaigns can be they are an intrinsic part of the freedom that is the core of our civilization. The right to take part in choosing your leader has not always been a right through most of human history it was either nonexistent or the privilege of certain powerful and wealthy classes of people. On this big election day in the USA my http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Central-Hungary/Budapest/Pest/blog-754373.html ltbr classAppleinterchangenewline gtHaving just returned from a weekend stagparty in Budapest I was driven to write what an amazing city it is Especially for Stag Parties.The city simply has everything. Super hot weather only matched by the super hot Hungarian Honies The nightlife starts late compared to the UK but it goes 24 hours if you really want to. And there was something for ev http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Central-Hungary/Budapest/Pest/blog-738592.html Uitgaansleven Het uitgaansleven in Boedapest is goed. In buda vindt je een negental commercile danceclubs in de met loopbruggetjes verbonden haven van Hajogyri Sziget. Het meest bijzonder zijn de kerts goed verstopte binnentuinen met grote verwarmde terrassen en een druk komen en gaan. Voor theaters concerten grand cafs en de opera moet je naar de buurt rond de deftige Andrssy boule http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Central-Hungary/Budapest/Pest/blog-732269.html I slept very late this morning almost 930. We had a ticket on the Hop On Hop Off tour bus today. We walked around for an hour to find the starting point. Then we rode around Pest for 90 minutes listening to recording about the sights perspiring in the heat. The recording was easy to understand and we learned a lot about the buildings on the route. We ate our sandwiches on top of Gellert H http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Central-Hungary/Budapest/Pest/blog-727758.html Buda lies on the hill side of the Danube and Pest the flat area lies opposite. The st of the name is pronounced with the 39shh39 sound. Goulash is a soup not a stew. I only saw Bobosh Torte once and did not taste it. There was an opportunity to shoot with a bow and arrow as Hungarian warriors are depicted on the hill during the Goose Festival. Many buildings have been carefully restored. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Central-Hungary/Budapest/Pest/blog-723665.html May 28Before leaving the Bratislava area we went to Devin Castle on the banks of the Danube. It is a relatively small but nice ruined castle one of the many for which Slovakia is famous. All the castles are up on fortified hills for protection it makes sense strategically but not in terms of construction lugging those rocks up the hill would have been a nightmareIn the afternoon we dro http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Central-Hungary/Budapest/Pest/blog-723570.html Chegamos em Budapeste as 10pm. Tentamos nos achar no metro mas nao conseguiamos comprar as passagens. Resolvemos nos dar ao luxo de pegar um taxi e foi EUR10. Esta viagem de taxi ateh a cidade foi espetacular pois vimos todos os predios de Budapeste iluminados e nao teve preco Ateh o taxista estava nos mostrando quais os predios olhar mas eram muitosChegamos no hostel uma graca e o don http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Central-Hungary/Budapest/Pest/blog-720806.html Just to finish off from my last blog...my last two days in Krakow were an incredible I am really glad that I went to Auschwitz. Going there will obviously be a difference experience for everyone and one that I highly recommend. We visited the salt mine in Wieliczka and walked 101 metres under ground the whole time I felt like when you get out on the surf and your body drys and you feel salty http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Central-Hungary/Budapest/Pest/blog-719286.html We woke up today to the sound of rain and thought temporarily we were back in Edinburgh Disappointed but pleased wed done most of the exploring yesterday we headed down for breakie again which was same as the day before and just as nice. We then found out about shopping in Budapest and found there was a big mall relatively close to our hotel. So we went in search firstly with our hood up for a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Central-Hungary/Budapest/Pest/blog-717759.html Not so early this am we boarded our plane to London to get to Budapest. Thankfully we only had a 1 hour gap between flights rather than the 4 we had to copenhagen Loaded up on some yummy bagels and smoothies checked in with the family and then hopped on our plane to Budapest. We had no idea what to expect and hadnt done like any research into what there was to do but we39ll sort it when we ge http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Central-Hungary/Budapest/Pest/blog-717225.html