Blogs from Buda, Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary, Europe - page 8

Day 43: Friday, January 8th, 2010. Pressath, Germany to Cologne, Germany to Budapest, Hungary. Egészségedre (aggie-she-god-ra) means "To your health!" Szya (ci-ya) means "hello" and "goodbye" Boldog Születésnapot (bulldog sully-nap-pot) means "Happy Birthday" Köszönöm (cos-sa-gnome) means "Thank you" There ya go, now you know all the Hungarian I know! So my plane leaves Munich around 11am (again, I'm writing this many days later so I don't really remember) and Dusty and I leave the house around 6am. Everyone in the area is in a tizzy about a snow storm that's supposed to come in and already the school has said they'll only have a half day and release the kids at Noon. So, should be a fun car ride to and fro for Dusty! I can't really say much about the car ride because, bei... read more

Budapest, Hungary - August 13th - 26th, 2009 After finaly leaving Prague we took a 3 hour train ride to Bratislava, Slovakia - my home country. We were greeted by, Marta, my moms best friend since childhood. Marta and her daughter Mirka welcomed us with open arms and treated us like family from the moment we met. They showed us around the town as only locals can. Thank you again for welcoming us into your family! Before heading to Budapest we also made a brief stop in Sahy, where my grandmother lived and where I spent most of my summers as a child. It was a very important stop for me because after over 10 years I had the opportunity to visit my grandparents grave site. A bitter sweet moment. Our stay in Bratislava and Sahy ... read more

Another little bit of worthless information for your next trivial pursiut night for you.Hungary is situated in Eastern Europe but is their laguange Eastern European???Well,no it is not!!The language which is totally incomprehensible to English speaking people like us actually is a Finno-Ugric language going back to the Neolithic age from the Urals.So store that in your nec ktop computer for the next challenge down the pub on a Tuesday night!! Its another beautiful day(we hope we aren't boring you Southern Hempishere people coming out of a wet and cold winter)but the change in the weather last night has taken the heat out of the day and its likely to only get to 25C today so it should be much more comfortable for sightseeing. The road outside the hotel is quiet for a change and being ... read more

We spent a good amount of time last night checking out Google maps ready for the run to Budapest and getting down the instructions.I am on trial again as navigator and I have to pick my act up after what has now beome infamously known as 'the Vienna debacle'.!! The day has dawned beautifully fine again and the heatwave continues. It is a relatively short drive to Budapest even via the lesser roads we plan to take so we are not in a hurry.However we are still having breakfast when there is a tap on the door and they are wanting to prepare our room for the next lot of guests.Gretchen told the woman politely that we were not yet ready to leave and to come back later. We finished breakfast but it didn't seem ilke ... read more

Well this has got to be the most dramatic moment in the whole trip. A huge furry moth has just done a kamikaze manoevre by flying into my freshly cooked spaghetti. It was a horrific thing to behold. I'd literally just strained the pasta and left it for a moment to drain in the sink when the silly creature just went in head first got stuck but carried on flapping about so all the spaghetti turned brown with its wing dust. I looked on apalled. Partly because I have a morbid fear of oversized, becrazed moths and partly because I was really looking forward to eating a lovely plate of spaghetti. I even did a silly girly shriek (unbefitting of somebody in possession of a Swiss Army Knife). Agi came to my rescue, scooping the poor ... read more