Blogs from Pest, Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary, Europe - page 3

Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest » Pest December 28th 2013

Hangover and late start after our cray-z night out at the Ruin pub, led us to get a fire-roasted dough roll thing called a Kürtoskalács, also known as chimney cake. It’s a traditional Hungarian pastry that originated in Transylvania, I’m told. It’s made with dough strips glazed with sugar over a fire. After it’s toasted it’s rolled in toppings like sugar, cinnamon, or nuts. We got ours with cinnamon! Oh it was GOOD! After a couple blah blah shopping stops for Robyn (who is looking for overpriced Hungarian perfumes which cause a person to smell like rotten peaches), we were off to do some real Budapest stuffs. Fortunately for my nose, they were out of the rotten perfume, so Robyn is a little richer and I have narrowly escaped a fruity headache. We took the underground ... read more

Great Market Hall & Szimpla Kert

Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest » Pest December 27th 2013

McGoose

Great Market Hall – Vaci Utca Tapas at Tinto and Ruin Pub - Szimpla Kert http://welovebudapest.com/en/cafes-bars/szimpla-kert... read more

Ballet at the Hungarian State Opera House Cinema Bar – Polar Dear (DJ)

Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest » Pest December 26th 2013

McGoose

Ballet at the Hungarian State Opera House Cinema Bar – Polar Dear (DJ)... read more

Christmas on the Danube

Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest » Pest December 25th 2013

McGoose

Dec 25th Christmas Fair Duna Palota Concert Dinner cruise on the Danube... read more

Christmas Fair & Aszu Etterem for Christmas Eve dinner

Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest » Pest December 24th 2013

McGoose

Christmas Fair Aszu Etterem for Christmas Eve dinner... read more

So...I've been a bit busy drinking champagne to Blog....

Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest » Pest November 29th 2013

FairyGodmother

Hello all..... sorry I have been so slack, but I have been having a great time drinking champagne in the air and around Europe... I have tried 5 so far and think that Bollinger is the front runner for favourite at the moment (others are Chandon, Laurent Perrier, Pommery and Marquis de la Tour). I left you last in Bath and so far have also visited Edinburgh, York, Oxford (for Lunch with Uncle Ray) and back to London.... I am writing this from my hotel in Budapest (Buda on one side of the Danube and Pest on the other) The hotel is actually in Pest, but we looked at both sides this morning. With regard to the other towns I have visited... I am going to send you to Greg's blog (His blog name is being ... read more

London Lights

Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest » Pest November 29th 2013

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Great American Ballpark Tour

Hi Guys Good to find time to get back. I think, well I know the last blog got us to Oxford to see Ray. From there we headed off to London via the A40. Everything was travelling smoothly until there was displayed a message about a delay near the Target roundabout. A DELAY. It took us close to 2 hours to travel the couple of miles to the accident site (a semi-trailer roll over). This was frustrating enough with some twat in a van in front of us constantly letting car after car in front of us. Sometimes 5 & 6 at a time. I was not happy to say the least. I changed lanes to get by him, which wasn’t hard as he was still letting cars in, only to notice he had a clipboard ... read more

1.den - presun do Budapesti

Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest » Pest November 25th 2013

baca12

Rano pohodove vstavanie este v mojej posteli, naranajkovanie, presun k miriam vytlacit si este jeden eticket na bus a potom este zamenenie 3000forintov. Tie som nakoniec dostal az v posldnej banke,tatrabana. Uni,vub nemali a v csob chceli poplatok za zamenenie. Asi pol hodinu pred odchodom mi konecne prisla sprava od prveho couchsurfera, uz som sa chystal, ze budem spat v hosteli, bo sa mi dva tyzdne nehlasil. Poslal mi komplet rozpisanu cestu, boli tam 2 prestupy. V plane mam ist 2/3 pesi, bo budem mat kopu casu. Tada a je to tu, moze sa vyrazit. Nakoniec nejdem zo Serede ale az z Galanty kam ma miriam odviezla a taktiez nejdem hned rano,bo co som kukal v budapesti prsi. Na galantskej stanci som cakal este 20.min. Kupa listku prebehla bez problemov.Ako je uz zvykom na tejto stanici ... read more

BudaPEST: Synagogue, the House of Terror

Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest » Pest November 13th 2013

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scenicroute

So, I am in Budapest after getting a lovely 'bus' (car) from Cluj. I am staying in Pest (the east of side of the river) in a huge hostel in district VIII. This morning I went along to the Grand Synagogue on Dohany Street. The synagogue is one of the largest in the world, and quite different in style to other synagogues. It looks like a catholic cathedral. Which wasn't an accident. The synagogue was built by the Neolog Jews who were trying to show how integrated they were in Hungarian society. Hungary has always been (comparative to other European states) more accepting of Jewish people. Dohany Street Synagogue was designed by a (non-Jewish) Viennese architect and was built in the Moorish Revival style (based on buildings like Alhambra in Spain), and from the outside this ... read more

2. päivä: jonotusta ja Buda

Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest » Pest September 1st 2013

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arsku

Oli rento aamu: ei kiiretta mihinkaan. Soin aamupalan samassa poydassa hollantilaisen pariskunnan kanssa. Heidan poikansa oli tullut opiskelemaan Budapestiin ja he olivat tuoneet autolla hanen tavaroitaan. Vaihdoin rahaa metroaseman valuutanvaihtopisteessa, ja se olikin paras kurssi, mita tana paivana nain: rautatieasemalla oli esimerkiksi paljon huonompi. Jouduin hetken etsimaan oikeaa paikkaa josta ostin vuorokauden lipun paikallisliikenteeseen. Menin metrolla rautatieasemalle - yksi vaihto. Siella pitikin jonottaa puolisen tuntia (vuoronumerolla), ennen kuin sai ostettua junalipun Bratislavaan. Lisaksi lippu on avoin, eli kay kuukauden aikana mihin tahansa junaan. Ajelin ratikoilla pitkin kaupunkia, ensin poikkesin kahvilla, sitten joen yli. Olisin mennyt jokiristeilylle, mutta vuorokauden lippu ei kaynytkaan siella - paitsi ilmeisesti kavisi arkipaivisin. Menin koysiradalla Bud... read more

Brief history of Hungary

Hungary was part of the polyglot Austro-Hungarian Empire, which collapsed during World War I. The country fell under Communist rule following World War II. In 1956, a revolt and announced withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact were met with a massive milita...more history

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