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Apparently my body's clock is a bit off. I'm sure that getting almost no sleep for the few days before I left didn't help, nor did changing nine time zones and only minimal and broken sleep in that process. Either way, I got off the train in Budapest and almost got lost getting to the hostel, which has to be in one of the easiest places to find in the whole city, just a few blocks from the Nagycsarnok (central market hall). The hostel is much like the one I was in last year, a converted apartment with three large rooms (two for sleeping, one as a common room, plus a small kitchen and a shared bathroom). I don't get why I always end up in a top bunk nowhere near a power outlet, however for ... read more

Siófok is cute. It's a pretty sleepy place where most of the year families and old folks wander around licking their gelato and enjoying the sun. A full quarter (or more) of the city, especially alone the NE which is situated along the beach of lake Balaton, was boarded-up and shut-down. It's rather clear that this place is a party town during the season. And it wasn't yet the season. I'm not going to go into GREAT detail as of yet, other than to say that if I had to spend a whole $15 to go somewhere cozy where I could get my own apartment room for $25/night for a few nights to recover from a long week at work, hellish travel, and massive sleep deprivation; this was the place. There was a little festival going ... read more

We touched-down at Franfurt just in time to see my next flight taxi to take-off. That extra fuel we'd taken on hadn't helped, nor had the headwinds to be found in the 70°N latitudes. So, when we got to the gate we were met with queues to rebook us on connecting flights, mine was the next flight to Ferihegy, which was at 16.55 (original flight was 13.00, I made it to the gate at 13.10) What's another almost-4-hours, right? I can't say a whole lot about Frankfurt airport. It might be one of the busiest in Europe, but it's dry and boring. The places to eat are VASTLY overpriced, the Duty-Free's have the usual narrow selection of perfumes, colognes, booze, and smokes. One suggestion, try to ignore the televisions, they play outdated video "news" with "commercial ... read more

Hey all! I've decided to start my Travel Blog here on TravelBlog.com... At the moment I'm 11 days away from my next trip, and have most of my travel itinerary planned out and posted at the following link: http://livnah.freeshell.org/itin.html I'll be modifying that page as I get further into the planning process, and updating this blog once the trip begins on 2009-4-9.... read more