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Hobbling Along in Eastern Europe

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 | By katiekimberling | Views [214] | Comments [6]

Devin and I woke up at 2:15 in the morning in Bratislava in order to catch a train to Zagreb, Croatia. For having less than two hours of sleep the night before, we were relatively cheery. We took the night bus to the train station only find out that ... Read more >

Tags: zagreb, croatia, budapest, hungary

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

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 >

Tags: Adventures

Budapest with a cold :-(

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 | By burrellian | Views [349] | Comments [3]

Left Viennna Today, really would have liked to see more (will try & go back later) absolutly amazing city. I found a guitar shop yesterday & got myself a little travel guitar, it's so cute. I'll get a shot of it later. I haven't been all that ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

I think I missed my chance to go to a rave

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 | By devinashley | Views [242] | Comments [3]

On the train yesterday to Budapest, Katie and I met these two Hungarian guys who lived in Budapest, Thomas and Aandrew.  We were able to talk with them for a good part of our 7 hour train ride, (I swear the trains are slower in Eastern Europe!)  They ... Read more >

Budapest

Tue, 4 Dec 2007 | By jessiejames | Views [294] | Comments [2]

Hola chicas y chicos... So I'm in Budapest... for now. Tomorrow we head to Slovakia - to Bratislava, that's right Robbo. If you're reading this you should feel bad because so much for those travel tips for Bratislava... I seem to have none in my memory.... Read more >

Tags: Markets

Life in the Big City of Budapest

Fri, 5 Jun 2009 | By anijensen | Views [111] | Comments [2]

Entering Hungary… At the border, a police (Austrian) check point waved us over (those darn French license plates!) but it was just a passport check.   He wanted to continue through the parking lot without stopping but P, B and A insisted he stop. ... Read more >

Budapest

Mon, 8 Oct 2007 | By annatakesatripparttwo | Views [320] | Comments [1]

The moment I stepped off the Metro, I took a liking to Budapest. Usually, it takes me a day or two to warm up to the city... Just a little geography lesson.  The Danube River separates the west side, Buda, from the east, Pest.  Making Buda..pest.  Budapest! ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Catch Up

Fri, 8 Aug 2008 | By alysandjess | Views [249] | Comments [1]

I've got the job of catching you up on more than two weeks, dear blog readers, so we are going to go fast. Jess and I left Prague the day after her parents after a pleasant Hare Krishna lunch with our friend Jeff. We took a bus to Budapest, a place I ... Read more >

Tags: budapest, hummus bar, szecheyi baths, croatia, war, swimming

baja*for the soup festıval!

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 | By nasta | Views [185] | Comments [1]

so very early on the mornıng(11) we woke up to leave to get to baja.ı left thınkıng we are goıng to a lıttle vıllage and to a lıttle festıval but that was HUGE!!the town ıs pretty small but the festıval ıs somethıng bıg,better than any greek festıval ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

The Puszta - Debrecen & Hortobagy

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 | By rlgpeu | Views [1439]

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 >

Tags: Adventures

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 >

Tags: Adventures

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 >

Tags: Adventures

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 >

Tags: planes trains & automobiles

HUNGARY FOR SECONDS

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 | By jakeandgenny | Views [674]

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 >

Tags: Adventures

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.

Tags: Adventures

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 >

Tags: Sightseeing

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 >

Tags: Adventures

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

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 >

Tags: Adventures

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 >

Tags: Adventures

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 >


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

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