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The Puszta - Debrecen & Hortobagy

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 | By rlgpeu | Views [1438]

21 AUG Golden Bull Hotel (Oldest Hotel in Hungary, over 300years), The pheonix from the coat of arms of Debrecen, with the Reforming Large-Church in the distance, Market Road with floats displayed from an earlier parade, 22 AUG The famous ... Read more >

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Northern Region - Aggtelek & Voros Lake Caves

Sat, 18 Aug 2007 | By rlgpeu | Views [992]

18 AUG Aggtelek - Bird about to fly, on turtles back, Aggtelek - Concert Hall, Aggtelek - Dripstone column with fresh streak, Aggtelek - Stalagmite & a cutie, Aggtelek - Stalactites, stalagmites & dripstone columns, Voros ... Read more >

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Summer Holiday

Fri, 27 May 2005 | By rlgpeu | Views [963]

[27 May 05 - 27 August 05]     Finally i was not only old enough but had the money i needed to travel semi-alone, with the safety-net of family and slight familiarity of past encounters i headed to Hungary to not just see the sights but absorb the ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

The Puszta - Hajduszoboszlo, Karcag & Gyula

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 | By rlgpeu | Views [834]

23 AUG Hungaro Spa in Hajduszoboszlo is Hungary's largest bathing complex, complete with medicinal & recreational pools, & waterslide park, Colour of the medicinal thermal water (2m deep), Last remaining windmill from 1900s, and also ... Read more >

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Budapest: dental makeover capital of eastern europe

Sat, 1 Mar 2008 | By maria_brett | Views [731]

If Prague is popular for women (and possibly men?) wanting a cheap boob job, why is it that Budapest is the Prague of dental jobs? Any googler looking to have their crowns tipped or canals rooted might find comfort in such places as the Fortuna Hotel ... Read more >

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HUNGARY FOR SECONDS

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 | By jakeandgenny | Views [673]

Try crossing the streets in Hungary’s capital city of Budapest (pronounced Buda – Pesht) and not feeling like that frantic little froggy from the 80’s classic “Frogger”.   For those who didn’t have their hands glued to a Nintendo throughout their adolescence ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Northern Region - Miskolc & Sarospatak

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 | By rlgpeu | Views [597]

19 AUG Diosgyor castle in Miskolc, Castle inner, Tallest waterfall in Hungary (25m), 20 AUG A rare cave in Miskolc called Anna cave, famous for it geological formations of fossilised organic material, Here a thin tree trunk & its ... Read more >

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South of Budapest

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 | By rlgpeu | Views [546]

10 SEP A skillful horse riding trick well known in the Puszta region, Rider napping with his horse in Bugacpuszta, 11 SEP The ancient gothic/roman church of Ocsa, A different view of the church from the ethnograhic museum.

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zagreb/croatıa

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 | By nasta | Views [543]

    so we arrıved after mıdnıght and sven never replıed my message to gıve me a phonenumber so we looked for a net cafe to see ıf he wrote back.zagreb seemed lıke a beatıful cıty plus wıth *free* transportatıon.hehe that means no conductors.we found ... Read more >

Tags: Adrenaline

Czech It Out

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 | By whereintheworld | Views [496]

One of the best things about the Czech Republic, especially in Prague, is the architecture.  Unlike the other cities we've visited in Central Europe, Prague has been able to maintain over 1,000 years of architecture.  This city was spared from the bombs ... Read more >

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Pannonia - Szigetvar & Boda

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 | By rlgpeu | Views [492]

14th AUG Roman Catholic Temple built on top of Ali Pasa Mosque, Note the Turkish style windows in this Szigetvar abnormality, Todays entrance to Zrinyi Castle, which was once called Island Castle, What the castle looked like when it was ... Read more >

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Eastern Europe

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 | By smartin1978 | Views [490]

Going to Eastern Europe is an experience neither of us will ever forget.  The trip started with an overnight train from Bern, Switzerland to Budapest, Hungary.  Having an armed border patrol guard pound on your door at 2 a.m. asking to see your passport ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Budapest - first stop

Wed, 7 Nov 2007 | By sarahandphil | Views [485] | Comments [4]

Well we at least made one flight on time(!) and landed in Budapest on Monday evening. We lugged our bags from the airport to the hostel via the bus and metro and managed not to lose anything or slip a disc. Hopefully a good omen for the rest of the trip.... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Northern Region - Godollo & Mariabesnyo

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 | By rlgpeu | Views [478]

16 AUG Godollo Royal Palace (Front Entrance), Godollo Royal Palace (Corner View), Mariabesnyo Church contains a holy statue of Mary, Miraculous healing statue of Mary & Jesus in gold frame & held up by angels, Close up of healing ... Read more >

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Budapest - Better now :-)

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 | By burrellian | Views [475] | Comments [3]

Day 2 - After my rather negative impressions of Budapest, it's hard to be impressed when all you want to do is crawl into a warm bed & sleep, I'm slowly warming to the place. Not literealy, it's pretty cold today, it even snowed a little whilst walking ... Read more >

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Balaton - Heviz & Keszthely

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 | By rlgpeu | Views [454]

22nd July Heviz Lake Thermal Bath. Water flows into this lake at about 410L/sec, refilling it every 3 days. The hot spring is 40m deep in the lake & shoots out at 40*. Average depth is about 2-3m deep, but there is a 38m deep area. The swimming ... Read more >

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Kezsthely

Sun, 29 Oct 2006 | By all_powered_up | Views [453]

My bum is sore! Let me explain... I didn't have big hopes for Kezsthely as i felt very rough getting of the bus, i don't suffer from car sickness or even bus sickness but the driver was particularly bad.  My hotel (there are no hostels) was closed ... Read more >

Budapeste

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 | By kutnerdaniel | Views [450]

15/03 : Depois de voar com a easyJet (algo como pegar o Socorro 856-R dos ares), cheguei em Budapeste em um belo dia de sol por volta das quatro da tarde. Claro que tinha que comecar com uma loucura. Eu tinha visto na internet que haveria um jogo ... Read more >

Pannonia - Esztergom

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 | By rlgpeu | Views [422]

31st July Esztergom Cathedral (Largest in Europe), Front of cathedral, Stairs down into cathedral crypt, Inside the cathedral (with the largest single canvas painted altarpiece in the world), The organ and back of the cathedral inner, ... Read more >

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Budapest

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 | By all_powered_up | Views [410]

So i needed some calm after several days of madness - i guess i got that in Budapest. A hostel full of Yanks...it appeared empty when i arrived, and then they just started worming their way out of the woodwork. i like Americans, i just don't like Yanks, ... Read more >

Friends in Budapest

Mon, 2 Jul 2007 | By misha | Views [410]

It was lovely to be completely spoiled by the Laci's -we spent 10 days touring this beautiful city, guided by constantly available Laci and Zsuzsa on their cell phones, tasting a fine selection of delicious Hungarian whines and getting ... Read more >

Tags: People

Pannonia - Pecs

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 | By rlgpeu | Views [381]

10&13th AUG Mosque of Pasha Gasi Kaszim, Mosque Interior, When securing your bike goes overboard!, Early Christian Mausoleum Interior, Saint Peter Basilica, Basilica Interior, Cella Septichora (Unearthed ruins of Burial Temples ... Read more >

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Pécs

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 | By all_powered_up | Views [376]

I'm not quite sure why i decide to come to Paich - i preferred it when i thought it was pronounced Pecs.  However WHAT a sunset...see pictures, it was all worth it for that. I also witnessed a rally/demonstration regarding the 50 years since the uprising ... Read more >

Pannonia - Szombathely & Koszeg

Wed, 8 Aug 2007 | By rlgpeu | Views [375]

8th AUG Saint Martin Cemetry (one of Europe's oldest graveyards, & is known to be used since the 1st Century A.D.), Saint Martin Church (rumoured to be built on the house that Saint Martin was born in), Roman Mosaics from the 4th Century, ... Read more >

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Pannonia - Mohacs & Abaliget

Sun, 12 Aug 2007 | By rlgpeu | Views [368]

12th AUG History Memorial - Battle of Mohacs 1526, One of the 5 mass graves in the memorial park, the original battlefield, Many traditional style grave carvings stand in the field, intentionaly leaning, 13th AUG Entry to Abaliget's cave, ... Read more >

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A cool looking building w/ a typical communist/soviet-era tram.

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