http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Hungary en-us Wed, 14 May 2008 01:26:51 BST Wed, 14 May 2008 01:26:51 BST ....maanantaiiltana muuten kveltiin Vci Utcalle Szent Mihly Templomille kirkolle joka on alunperin rakennettu jo 1230 mutta sittemmin tuhoutunut muutamaan kertaan ja tm viimeisin versio on 1700luvun alusta ja kuunneltiin aivan ihana barokkikonsertti. Soittajat nuoria ja todella hyvi. Ohjelmassa Bachia Tartinia Telemannia sek Hndelia. Viulu sello ja cembalo.Tll on todella loista http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Budapest/blog-275903.html I slept like a log last night. I was so tired i passed up and invitation for free beer. im serious. today ill do some more sightseeing and wind my way to another bath house hopefully getting a massage today. Im all so ploting my next move. not sure what it is yet. probably romania and bucharest. well i just woke up so its shower time. ill find some breakfast and start the day. ttfn http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Budapest/Pest/blog-275679.html I just got back from one of the bath houses they have out here and my god the thermal baths were around 70 degrees. so relaxing. i soaked for around 3 hours and turned into a prune. the gellert thermal bath is one of the more famous of the bath houses here. the hot spring water contains calcium magnesium sulfatecloride and floride ions. being in the open air pools outside just made m http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Budapest/Pest/blog-275434.html Tll ollaan jo kuin kotona Jaana ky Kauppahallissa ostoksilla ja kokkaa kaikenlaisia dieettiimme sopivia keitoksia... Eilen tehtiin Co au vin a la Montignac paellaa ja uunikasviksia. Kaikista tuli oikein onnistuneita. Huomenna sytetn kukkoa Mamalle ja Nagy Mamalle. Mammat saapuu klo 13... Maanantai on tll II Helluntaipiv ja siten Pyh. Kaikki on kiinniTnn oli Helluntai ja itienp http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Budapest/Pest/blog-275177.html Budapest. it looks good so far. i got up this here this morning and its really neat. i treked up this pretend mountain and took some wicked pics. unfortunately the web service isnt so great so ill up load later. so today is mothers day. happy mothers day linda lisa jeanine and jennifer. you are the best moms in the whole world. im sorry im not around to be with the kids for a while b http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Budapest/Pest/blog-275168.html I started planning this trip more than nine months before we left. I worked and reworked the itinerary constantly. From the start we were certain that we wanted to visit Berlin Prague and Budapest. It was where we would go in between that took the most consideration. Once I had a fairly concrete plan I spent nearly every night up until our departure date booking and canceling our accommodati http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Budapest/Buda/blog-275091.html I was born in Hungary somewhere in the Eastern Block of Europe in a small town called Ajka. at the time my country was under the Soviet regime which was suffocating us all As soon as my parents had the chance we moved to Budapest and luckily I have spent most of my childhood there. As soon as I got my first passport I left the country eager to see what the Evil Capitalist world has to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/blog-274130.html So my second European holiday destination was Hungary or more specifically Budapest. I headed over there a few weekends ago with another Australian exchange student. Irsquod heard a lot of good things about Budapest so my expectations were quite high and not only did it live up to those expectations it far exceeded them. I loved Budapest it was wonderfulI think part of the reason I enjoye http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Budapest/blog-273398.html We are in the final stages of packing for our trip to Europe to build houses for Habitat For Humanity in SzarvasHungary.We will fly to London from Vancouver on May 12th then to Prague on the 14th. We travel next by train on the 16th to Budapest. THe Habitat portion starts on the 17th in Szarvas and will last until the 30th. We then will come back to Budapest and take a boat to Bratislava.By Ju http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Budapest/Pest/blog-273248.html I tried really very hard. I thought maybe I was just struggling with being back to staying at smelly backpackers and having to lug my crap around with me everywhere and feeling like a bit of a sitting duck being on my own... But in hindsight I just didn't love Budapest. Parts of the city are really beautiful and the people are very friendly and helpful. I absolutely loved the castle and some o http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Budapest/blog-271522.html Sorry folks for the delay in posting. Internet access in Eastern Europe is not as cheap as in free or accessible as we had hoped. Anyhow....Buda and Pest are split down the middle by the Danube River. Our hotel is on the Buda side atop Castle Hill. Near our hotel is an old church under going some repainting. There are great views from the top of the hill. The weather here is delightfully w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Budapest/blog-271071.html April 17 21BUDAPEST HungaryApril 17Arrived here late afternoon after the less than 2 hour flight from Kyiv. Our hotel is close to the center of town so we took a short walk about and had a very good typical Hungarian dinner in a small local restaurant.April 18 2008Today we took the local ldquoCity Tourldquo bus to get a feel for the city. This is a ldquoHop on Hop offrdquo bus that o http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Budapest/blog-270041.html The Jouney Starts Both the Eurostar and Thalys train journeys were horrible full and hot. Even worse the train to Cologne ran late so instead of having a pressurised 20 mins to get connecting overnight sleeper to Vienna we ended up with only 6mins. Having run from train with the heavy bags and eventually finding the right platform our deluxe overnight train was running 50 mins late Exc http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Budapest/blog-263927.html Day 9 Saturday 29 September 2007What No EnglishWake up 630am Breakfast 7am Depart for tour 830amThis morning Dora took us to Herorsquos Square first. I loved it. It had the tomb of the unknown soldier. Along the top of the columns the statues mean work war peace and wealth.The main statue in the centre was of Arc Angel Gabriel. The legend was that the Pope wasnrsquot sure who to gi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Budapest/blog-263807.html Day 8 Friday 28 September 2007Beautiful Budapest and the Blue DanubeWake up 6am bags and Breaky 630am Leave 730amWe headed off for Budapest this morning It began pouring rain. Perfect timing. At one point we had to make a detour for roadworks. There was only one sign then nothing. We ended up on a country road through some quaint towns. This was great as we didnrsquot have to look at highwa http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Budapest/blog-263804.html Hey everyone Yes it has been at least a month since my last entry and I feel horrible. Have gotten a few emails from concerned friends wondering if all was well here...the answer is 'yes'. I have been busy since the last blog....Habitat work has been increasing as teams have now started to arrive my good friend Liz visited from London we were at Queen's together I finally got to meet Suza http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Debrecen/blog-263696.html Hello Family and FriendsIt is our last day of Easter break and the conclusion of our first Eurotrip. I will mark this momentus occasion with a poemK and Jhave had a week awaytravelling in eastern europeto shop sightsee and playWe left on a trainnew adventures to gain in Carinthia Sloveniaand Budapest in the rainIn Carinthia we sat and atewatched highschool musical and stayed up latetook a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/blog-259327.html This morning I sat on a train headed to Stuttgart with only my luggage and the luggage of my travel partner for this weekend to keep me company. My weekend in Budapest was a very hard one. It wasnrsquot a relaxing one spent in the cityrsquos famous mineral baths as it could have been. Basically everything that went wrong didmdasha common theme with Micki. I tried to give her a chance but http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Budapest/Buda/blog-258401.html I have to admit that we have spent a gorgeous week in Budapest. With the exception of family visit everything was picture perfect......I am showing certain rates for you just as an example of rising prices in Hungary for tourists not to mention for the Hungarians. All together we have spent 7 nights in Budapest and there was some spitting on certain days but no real rain and the temperature was http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Budapest/blog-258068.html I got up this morning and took another cold shower but was surprised to find that everyone else was also up at the same time AND they were just about ready to go by 900 so I didnrsquot mind waiting until 930 to leave. Sara Alison Leonie El and I all left the hostel and planned on going back over the bridge to see the Palace and other things over by the river. When we walked outside w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Budapest/blog-255032.html This morning was not at all a typical travel day that Irsquom used to. I got up around 7 or so to shower with only cold water but it wasnrsquot until about 830 that other people started to get up. Then we went out to eat the complimentary breakfast and chat with the other travelers. I was expecting to be able to leave very soon after finishing breakfast but no . . . Sara and Alison b http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Budapest/blog-255027.html Sunday was our final day and my favorite part of the whole trip. If breakfast was bad the first day it was simply laughable the next. The lights were out although they had been working fine at dinner the night before so each table had only a candle. The bread was a half an hour late and the drinks came in stages. It was a bit ridiculous but it wasnrsquot worth complaining about. It was defin http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Sopron/blog-254878.html The House of Terror httpwww.terrorhaza.huterror2.html is located on Andrassy Boulevard and is a memorial and museum dedicated to the victims of the horrific Nazi and Communist occupation of Hungary and abroad. It is particularly terrifying because of the fact that it occupies the building that was once the headquarters and location of torture for both parties respectively. The bare desol http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Budapest/blog-254876.html Saturday was a full exhausting day. I woke up early to have breakfast with my fellow travelers at a restaurant across the street from the hostel. The breakfast washellip terrible. The food itself was acceptable but the proprietors were totally unprepared Now I am not being a snobby tourist the tour company had contacted the restaurant with our requirements and paid double so that there woul http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Budapest/blog-254866.html Ahoj I have returned from Budapest Hungary where I spent the weekend. I had a nice trip but I am glad to be back in Brno The trip started off a bit interestinghellip We were supposed to meet in the lobby of our dormitory at 630 am so I dutifully showered packed and set my alarm for 530 the night before. My alarm rang when it was supposed to but I guess when I had the phone which serv http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Budapest/blog-254859.html for 4 hours at least. So I went on a 3day trip with a huge group of international students to Budapest last weekend. Friday we dragged ourselves out of bed at an ungodly hour and headed down the road in a doubledecker bus fit for 90 people but there were 60 of us. We were on the road for about 5 hours and we went through Slovakia and its capital Bratislava. So eventually we made it to t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Budapest/blog-252928.html The first trip with the WU Wien Buddynetwork began on friday the 27th of February. Waking at 7am after a 5euro all you can drink party red bull and vodka in the Haus Erasmus partyroom the night before was quite difficult and was quite noticeable by the excitement or should I say lack of exciteent shown on the bustrip there. After a sombre 3 hour bustrip we arrived in the wonderful city of Budap http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Budapest/blog-252686.html This weekend Sara Alison Leonie and I packed up and took an overnight train to Budapest It's actually 2 cities for those that don't know Buda and Pest separated by the Danube that have been combined into one. We left Brasov at 730 PM and arrived in Hungary around 530 AM. At the train station we all went to the ATM to get some Hungarian money and my card worked It felt so great t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Budapest/blog-251663.html After another quick and almost painful lesson in European geography we discovered our next stop Budapest Hungary is a lot further away from Venice than we first realised read 18 hour train trip with 4 changes so we decided to be brave and try the overnight train thing 13 hours no changes. Unfortunately our plans turned a little sour when we both got the flu but being cheapo backpackers w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Budapest/blog-251329.html