Blogs from Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary, Europe - page 5

http://www.heygo.com 16th March - Pest Castle area at night I had seen this tour before but during the day so it was nice to revisit at night-time and enjoy the glowing images. We started the tour by the Pest Castle looking down onto the famous Chain Bridge that will be closed shortly for a 3 year renovation. It was lit in green to celebrate St.Patrick’s Day on 17th. The Chain Bridge was built between 1839 and 1849. The main driving force behind the project was the Hungarian Count István Széchenyi. He visited England in 1832 to get ideas for bridge design and particularly admired Hammersmith Bridge in west London. Hammersmith Bridge engineer William Tierney Clark was then hired to design and build the Chain Bridge. The Chain Bridge physically united Buda – the ancient capital of ... read more

http://www.heygo.com 25th January Another visit to Budapest, this time with Adam and to the area of the Parliament Building. A couple of years ago we went on a Danube river cruise and I remember as we sailed into Budapest the sight of the beautiful Parliament Building was truly amazing and then in the evening seeing it all lit up was even more magical. I had been on another of Adam’s fours and remembered his he was so full of knowledge and had what he called micro stories to tell, interesting facts about Budapest that are not necessarily in any tourist book. We were on the Pest side, the skies were full of clouds ranging from white to menacing black ones which all added to the atmosphere as we started our journey. A very moving installation was ... read more

14th January Our tour today was with Zsuzsi around the Heroes’ Square area of Budapest. The gateway to Budapest’s City Park, Heroes’ Square is a huge semicircular colonnade with 14 statues of men whose lives had major impacts on Hungary’s history. We learnt about about the different Magyars & Hungarian National leaders. There are altogether 7 kings, 7 chieftains and 7 statesmen immortalised in bronze. Not quite so historical but Michael Jackson used the monument for the opening of the video ‘History’ - The one with the gigantic King Kong sized statue of Michael that engulfed the archangel tops. We continued through the gateway and headed towards Vajdahuntyad Castle passing an area that in the Summer is a boating lake and in Winter an ice skating rink, although currently closed due to Covid. Vajdahuntyad Castle was ... read more

30/12 Budapest at Christmas We started our tour in the heart of Budapest on the banks of the Danube, across the water the Beautiful buildings looking very splendid all lit up. Zsuzsi, our guide, pointed out the famous chain bridge which I recalled when we visited Budapest a few years ago on a Danube river cruise. We stopped to view the exterior of the Vigado Concert Hall, The Vigadó Concert Hall is the second largest Concert Hall in Budapest, which was inaugurated in 1865. It was destroyed during World War II and was not re-opened until 1980. It has been wonderfully reconstructed as a Classical Building and Concert Venue. We continued to Vorosmarty Square, The most famous building on the square is the Gerbeaud-ház built in 1858-1862 in art Nouveau style. The first floor is the ... read more

Moc casu na balenie vcera nebolo, tak dnes skoro rano rychlo hadzem par veci do batohu a ide sa. Na vlakovu stanicu v seredi mam vybaveny odvoz. Tu stretavam ima, ktory sa ide kupat na senecke jazera. Po galantu mam aspon spolocnost. Galantska stanica no coment, vsade samy votrelec ako poznamenal imo. Fakt tejto stanici sa oblukom vyhnut. Pripoj do nz prichadza nacas. V nz meskanie medzinarodneho rychlika okolo 20min, tak to potesi. Esteze vonku svieti slnko. Ruska ma vo vlaku skoro kazdy aj na madarskej strane. Cesky vagon ma prekvapil vyhradenym oddielom pre zeny. Samozrejme som si tam sadol. Po prekroceny hranice zapinam gps a to zacina opat blbnut. Nie a nie chytit signal. Ten sa nedari chytit ani po opusteny vlaku. Tu ma vonku caka julia a mozme zacat pesi presun na flow hostel ... read more