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Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest March 24th 2005

Szentendre is a little town 19 km north of Budapest. Since it was easy accessible by suburban train, we decided to visit it. It was a quite picturesque city known for its well-preserved houses and churches. We bought some souvenirs and made a walk on the promenade dike near the river.... read more
promenade dike
Szentendre
shop at Szentendre

Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest March 23rd 2005

When I looked back at our trip to Budapest, I have to admit that one of the first things I thought about, were the tasty cakes you can find everywhere. There was also a very nice market where we ate in open air.... read more
having a beer...
Ruszwurm
tasty cakes at Ruszwurm

Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest March 22nd 2005

Nagycsarnok is the largest indoor market in Budapest. The market itself has a lot of stalls on three floors. Plenty of locals buy here their fruit vegetables, meat,... They even sell living fish! Hungarian specialities such as Hungarian goose liver (pate versions too), Hungarian wine, dried mushrooms, paprika powder... can be found here. You can even buy souvenirs here and other things at a much cheaper price compared to the shops in Váci Utca. The place was renovated for the millenium in 1996. The roof was restored to have colorful Zsolnay tiling.... read more
Nagycsarnok
Anyone needs a fish?
Nagycsarnok

Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest March 21st 2005

Budapest is a beautiful city to explore by foot. One of the first things we came across was the statue of the Little Princess (Kiskiralylany Szobor). The Széchenyi Chain bridge was the first permanent bridge between Buda and Pest across the Danube. The bridge was opened in 1849 and everyone -even the nobility (previously exempt from all taxation)- had to pay a toll to use it. From the bridge we had a great view on the Parliament. Matthias Church was the second largest church of medieval Budapest. It now has a diamond pattern roof tiles and gargoyles laden spire. Fisherman's Bastion is a terrace situated on the Buda bank of Budapest. Though it seems much older, it is built in 1905. There are seven turrets representing the Magyar tribes who entered the Carpathian Basin in the ... read more
Széchenyi Chain bridge
Parliament
Parliament

Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest July 11th 2004

Ahhh, Budapest. I've been here for nearly 6 days so far. I've absolutely fallen in love with this city. When I made plans to come here, I had no idea how lovely it would be. Gus arrived mid-week and we've been taking in the city by bus and boat (and eating a helluva lot of doner kebabs). I had an incredible time on the river cruise which took off on the Danube at about 9:30pm. The Buda Castle, Freedom Statue, Parliament and other major sights and bridges were illuminated by lights. Breathtaking! Yesterday, we spent the afternoon at the Gellert Spa, which channels the hot thermal springs from the ground. The Gellert Spa is supposedly the most famous of all the spas in Budapest. We didn't want to leave. In addition to a wave pool and ... read more
Gellert Hotel
Budapest at night

Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest June 6th 2004

I think this has to be the largest concert I've ever attended. In the city park Budapest, there is a large area designed for use as a stage. For the last three years Westel - one of Hungary's mobile telephone providers has paid for a promotional concert in the park. Joe Cocker and Elton John were the previous years stars. This year Sting. Free to attend and promoted like crazy all over Hungary the concert was always going to be busy - but I've never seen anything like it, I'm waiting for statistics but rumours of 400,000 or more people are flying about at the moment, I could believe more. I never even got close enough to the stage to actually physically see the stars with my own eyes. Sara and I only managed to get ... read more
Matthias Church
Statue

Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest May 30th 2004

You could describe my time in Budapest as a bit of a rollercoaster. So far, things are going great. We have been climbing and climbing and climbing, and we still can't see the top. But that is the beautiful of a rollcoaster. You don't know when you will reach the top, you don't know what is on the other side, and you don't know which way it will pull you. I was about to find out. The crew woke up Sunday and tried to get around early, to limited, and I mean limited, success. We finally made it out to the Citadel in the early afternoon. From the view on top, we could see all of Budapest, and it was magnificent. Josh and I got some really amazing photos. Afterwards, we headed down to Grappa to ... read more

Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest May 28th 2004

I don't know what I expected of budapest but it's not like i expected.  It's really cool though but so huge and our hostal is miles from the center..but we still walked the whole way and got to see tons of the local stuff i guess. It reminds me of an american city.  That is the side of the city called Buda which is more subrhan and mellow.  Pest is the more city like side.  Well we're having fun and tommorrow we have plently more to see here.... read more
a church

Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest May 24th 2004

So, I survived Prague, barely some might say. My next stop was what some people described to me as Prague without the tourists. After staying in Budapest for a couple of weeks I certainly would not agree with that assessment. I throughly enjoyed the city, and Hungarian wine. But it was here that I also lost my traveling companions and had to strike out on my own, if only for a bit. So, enjoy. When I last wrote you, the Denmark Jam Band(minus our rhythm guitarist, John, who wanted to stay in Prague one more day; and our cracked out back-up singer, Anni, for obvious reasons) was struggling to make it to Budapest. We did, but just barely. I sat next to a Hungarian man on the bus who had lived in Germany for thirty years ... read more

Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest May 15th 2004

I’m backlogging some of my previous travels in Europe from when I was in high school and college. They won’t contain much information as it was a while ago, but I would be more than happy to share my experiences with anyone who has a question. My third favorite city in Europe. It is a fantastic city for backpackers; plenty of places to stay (I liked the Yellow Submarine personally), cheap food, good bars, nice parks, clean streets, beautiful architecture and the waterfront is one of the best. The locals aren’t exactly the friendliest, but once you get past the Eastern European roughness, they are fantastic. I had friends who were living there at the time, but it would be easy to do solo. ... read more




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