Blogs from Hungary, Europe - page 163

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

Exploring Budapest

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

Kiskiralylany Szobor

Kurt de Gante

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

Happy New Year from Hungary - Boldog Új Évet

Europe » Hungary » Southern Transdanubia » Pécs January 1st 2005

Ali

New Years Resolutions: 1: Be a better blogger - yeah that means actually writing, not just planning to. 2: No drink for January - more on this later but todays hangover put this on the list. 3: Travel into 5 new countries in 2005. I've never honestly kept my new years resolutions before (usually the drink one is kept for about a week) - so I hope by placing them in a public place such as this, where lots of people I know will read, the pressure will give me the extra will needed to actually hold to them! 1: - being a better blogger. Specifically a travel blogger - avoid being introspective and self obsessed - talk about the sights, cultures and customs of the places I find myself in. So to practice: Hungarian New ... read more

Part of the Roman wall in Sopron

Europe » Hungary » Western Transdanubia » Sopron December 13th 2004

Roman wall in Sopron

Lyceum

This part of the old town goes back to Roman times. ... read more

TRIP TO BUDAPEST

Europe » Hungary » Western Transdanubia » Sopron November 26th 2004

Lyceum

I went on a trip to Budapest on November 24. Please go to the gallery for a picture from the trip.... read more

Hungary 2004 - Photos

Europe » Hungary September 11th 2004

Budapest

wheresjason

Photos of Hungary - 2004... read more

Beautiful Budapest

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

Gellert Spa

Jenny Jos

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

Summer's here Kids!

Europe » Hungary » Southern Transdanubia » Pécs June 11th 2004

Summer Flowers

Ali

The summer is here, I love it. Finally the weather has improved and the long warm evenings are starting. Well I'm back in Pecs again. Mainly working on websites and learning more about photography. Took a really long walk through the hills yesterday, wanted to show a few more photos from the Mecsek, flowers and insects mainly - will be uploading in a moment. Soon I'll be travelling again - hopefully Central America and overland to Mexico. But we haven't brought tickets yet. On a sad note - many of my friends are leaving - back to their home countries at the end of exchange programs. Szia - (Hi/Bye in Hungarian).... read more

Sting in Budapest

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

The Sting Concert

Ali

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

What happened to the Spring?

Europe » Hungary » Southern Transdanubia » Pécs June 2nd 2004

Butterfly

Ali

I don't know if it is officially summer or not yet, but if it is what happened to the Spring? I'd had visions of a long warm spring in Central Europe, sitting out drinking beers in the warm evenings. Out in the forests in my shorts and t-shirt enjoying weather that England couldn't rival. Well this spring has been the worst in living memory, tempratures are about 10 degrees lower than normal and it rains most days. It reminds me of home. Now is this global warming? Are the changes in climate we are seeing are due to the vast amounts of carbon dioxide released since the industrial revolution? A few things occur to me: We only have detailed climate records for just a few hundred years. The Thames last froze over in 1814, in the ... 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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