Blogs from Hungary, Europe - page 137

Okay, so jet lag is a real and formidable force. I began yesterday with such good (and ambitious) intentions. My plan was to walk a circle beginning at my hotel, up to the top of the citadel, down to the National gallery, up again to Matyas Templom, then return to the hotel. Needless to say, this did not happen. After eating a healthy breakfast of cheese and fruit, I finished my blog and headed...back to my room. I was so wiped out I felt I simply could not deal with leaving the hotel. So I didn't. Around noon, feeling slightly more able, I pushed myself to get out still thinking I would make the circuit. The walk to Gellert Hegy was a casual stroll, but the first flight of stairs up the hill made me ... read more

Greetings friends, We awoke at 4am PST and headed for the airport. All filghts went smoothly, although the restaurant in JFK was pretty slow so we did not get our entire meal before we had to leave to catch the leg to Budapest. Once we landed, getting through immigration was a breeze, however, I misplaced my travel guide on the plane (so like me.) We waited in the airport a bit until the employees brought it out to me. A loooong taxi ride to the hotel and waiting while they prepared our room. We are now headed out to do the real fun things. More later!... read more

Beautiful Budapest Europe » Hungary » Budapest By Travelling lightApril 7th 2007Varpu VTravelling: me + joining Johanna (from Finland) in Budapest Route: Chamonix-Geneva, Geneva-Budapest The easiest and fastest (but not the cheapest) way to get from Chamonix to Geneva is by bus. The bus leaves from the Chamonix railway station and goes directly to the Geneva airport (about 1h 30 min).... read more

url='/Videos/2495.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/2495.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'soapbox running As this weekend the famous "Budapest Spring Festival" ended, we took the change to see some culture programs. But first there was a big international Erasmus Party, organized by the esn (European Student Network) because of their 20th birthday. It was very cheap: Entrance and every drink 1€. And this was a good change to get rid of the 1€-coins you cannot use here. So a lot of people or almost every one (@mum: not me!!!!!) was very drunken and slept the whole day. But those who were a little bit fitter, gathered to go to the zoo at this nice sunny day. In the evening we visited the Budapest Fringe Festival: There were some concerts like Jazz and so on, fire-shows, pop concerts, theaters, . . . A lot of people ... read more

This has got to be one of the most beautiful cities Ive been to so far. Its kinda funny though its sorta like basel, but bigger. It was really funny arriving in Budapest, I felt like I'd come back into civilisation a little bit. Had this amazing sleeper train that even had a duvet rather than the bog-standard-20year-old blanket aaaaaaaah. And when I arrived in the train station... nothing! One guy asked me 'Taxi?' I said no thankyou, and... that was it! I couldnt beleive it. Then I got on the metro, which was very easy to navigate, and got to the hostel with no trouble whatsoever. Admittedly noone said 'welcome to hungary' like they did in turkey, but it wasnt far off! Budapest is beautiful, and theres really a lot going on. We went ... read more