- BudapestWe arrived in Budapest (pronounced buda-pesht) this afternoon via train to a pretty station in an uneventful location. The metro system is one of the oldest next to london but is quite efficient. The cabs here are good Posted by Rits blog in Around the world in.... | Jul 10, 2011
- Hungary, the short versionI just spent ages typing up a nice blog and adding pictures. Then the internet went down and it was all lost, so here's a short version of our Hungarian adventure:
We left Romania and found a random campsite. We got Posted by The Minion in Motorcycle Adventure Tour | Jul 9, 2011
- River CruisingWe are traveling our first river cruise - through Europe - on the River Danube! we are traveling with Viking River Cruises. As a family of 4, with 2 teenagers, we opted for 2 rooms ('b' level cabins). Posted by LaMannaFamily in Traveling LaMannas | Jun 30, 2011
- traveling in a tin canwell though our flight was smooth - everything on time and uneventful, we have all decided that flying for 6.5 hrs in economy class is not to our liking. the flight was full and the seats reclined about 1.5 Posted by LaMannaFamily in Traveling LaMannas | Jun 28, 2011
- BudapestBudaaaaaaaaa. pest!
An easy 3 hours from vienna and budapest became our next home for 3 nights. Orange text me to say 'welcome to hungry' which I found amusing.. ahhhh simple things.
The first walk to our hostel seemed a dangerous Posted by davidt.ontour in European Adventure | Jun 22, 2011
- Day 61, In Transit
We spent this morning packing up. We had 2500 fortin (9.5 euro) to spend before we left at 1300. We started with coffee, two espressos a small loaf of bread and some butter 430. We wa Posted by s-a in shane and alyssa's travels | Jun 18, 2011
- Day 60, Budapest
One thing the Hungarians love (besides paprika) is cherries. We’ve seen them everywhere! It’s fantastic of course, Posted by s-a in shane and alyssa's travels | Jun 18, 2011
- Budapest, not a pest!Hello from Pest!
We have now been here for 3 days and have done all manner of things.
We arrived at the airport about 11, and it was BOILING! Two people on our transfer told us that it was 32 degrees, and Posted by daisyaj in our bonanza travel around the Balkans | Jun 18, 2011
- Day 59, Budapest
We didn’t leave the house until 1200, reading about the disturbing events in Vancouver. We walked around in the very hot sunshine for a while ending up back at the market. This time we Posted by s-a in shane and alyssa's travels | Jun 18, 2011
- Day 58, Budapest
We woke up and messed around for a little bit, spending time on our computers. The breakfast at the hostel has this a Posted by s-a in shane and alyssa's travels | Jun 16, 2011
- HungaryLocations: Eger, Budapest
Highlights: Valley of the Beautiful Women (Eger), City of Friendly people & Amazing Architecture (Budapest)
Description of Highlights:
Valley of the Beautiful Women (Eger) – Cool wine valley with about one hundred quaint ce Posted by amberraytx in Where in the world are Joe & Amber? | Jun 6, 2011
- Thur's a starm brewin' 'ArryI'm ashamed to say that Budapest has been our first city where we have failed in our unrealistic aim of seeing EVERYTHING. It's much more spread out than everywhere else we've been and it's just been impossible to do everything. Posted by abbeysroad in ABBEY('s) ROAD | Jun 6, 2011
- Ein eleganter MannFirstly before I delve into our Viennese waltz, a huge thank you to all of you who have commented! There has been a recent influx or new readers it seems. Welcome! If any of you have recommendations for things we Posted by abbeysroad in ABBEY('s) ROAD | Jun 4, 2011
- Cruising the Danube
This morning we had to pack up and check out of our hotel because we were taking the night train that evening. THe Leo Panzio got high marks except for when the front desk g Posted by ErinDriver in Drivers Touring Europe....and Beyond | May 29, 2011
- Central Market and House of Terror
The miniature dining room in the hotel provided the usual European fare and we were off to the Central Market. The first floor is food dominated by everything paprik Posted by ErinDriver in Drivers Touring Europe....and Beyond | May 28, 2011
- Arrival in BudapestThe trip to Budapest actually started on Friday night when we boarded our train in ansbach to go to Treutlingen to go to Munich and finally to get on our sleeper car to go to Budapest. The train was Posted by ErinDriver in Drivers Touring Europe....and Beyond | May 27, 2011
- Finally an update....Sorry this took so long, but time and internet have been hard to come by! We're in Budapest now, but let me start from the beginning...
We were originally supposed to land in Berlin in the morning, pick up our car, Posted by cfarinel in Cait in Europe | May 18, 2011
- Budapest: A City of Two HalvesWe swiftly regretted our decision to take the night train to Budapest. Our seats proved to be pretty uncomfortable for the 14 hour journey, even though they did recline - a bit - and the seats opposite were free for Posted by shoestring in A Grand Adventure | May 11, 2011
- Budapest to PragueUp and at it early this morning, all prepared for the onslaught of strange beings at Keleti Train Station, and strange they were!!
I got conned by the local porters, well the guy had actually taken my suitcase before I Posted by Duzzy 64 in Europe 2011 | May 11, 2011
- Last day in BudapestLast night we enjoyed yet another fine dining experience in a beautiful Restaurant near the Museum. The food was sooo nice and the service impecable BUT I have to say we are really looking forward to getting home and having Posted by Duzzy 64 in Europe 2011 | May 10, 2011
- Budapest - Hungarian feastNEWS FLASH....Hungary has a new star - Geoffrey the Hungarian Dancer lol. We joined a few people from the River Empress for a typical Hungarian dinner, we were greeted with the traditional cheese bread and apricot brandy, must say the Posted by Duzzy 64 in Europe 2011 | May 9, 2011
- BudapestHmmmm, Buda or Pest or Budapest, this place is a little different to what we have seen, not so clean and graffetti everywhere, in saying that the buildings are simply stunning. We enjoyed a guided tour through the city of Posted by Duzzy 64 in Europe 2011 | May 8, 2011
- Hungarian HoveringWe left Czech in a blaze of glory and headed into Slovakia to rest up for the Easter Weekend in a town called Nitra. It is on the south western side of Slovakia and is the oldest city Posted by Ange and Adam in Ange and Adam's European Adventure | Apr 30, 2011
- Bloomin' Lovely Budapest Just getting ready to head to Budapest station to catch our next train in the journey. This one is an over-nighter through to Brasov in Romania (In the province of Transylvania...hello Drac!)
Budapest is absolutely stunningly beautiful...it is an immen Posted by AOGardner in The Great Railway Journey | Apr 28, 2011
- Heading towards Hungarian GoulashYou may or may not have noticed but I tend to mentally file countries according to the national (or most featured) food... Paris-macaroons & croissants , Munich-beer & sausage, Vienna-schnitzel & coffee and Budapest-pork and paprika goulash. Not sure abou Posted by AOGardner in The Great Railway Journey | Apr 26, 2011