Destination: Hungary
There are [103] stories and [1161] photos from Hungary
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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
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 >
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 >
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
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
Tue, 10 Nov 2009 | By ioana | Views [23]
For me, that week, Budapest looked frozen and dormant. The city sights are beautiful and grand and the spa-s and thermo baths are really impressive. If I’ve got enough courage to walk in the cold along Danube is because I knew there was a sauna waiting ... Read more >
Tags: spa, thermobath, gypsies
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 >
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 >
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 >
Fri, 17 Aug 2007 | By ride-earth | Views [332]
Tom The Ride Earth Fellowship was broken yesterday as Andy and I said our goodbyes to Mark, who now returns home to the UK.
It seems odd that the journey that took him two months to make by
bicycle will be undone in less than 24 hours. The adventures ... Read more >
Tags: Friends
Fri, 21 Mar 2008 | By allwelcome | Views [321]
Preliminary stages It was suppose to be our first road trip together. We compromised because Albert has done this kind of thing before, and I was more of a sit in a hotel and watch cable tv sipping any alcoholic beverage in between shopping ... Read more >
Tags: relationships
Wed, 22 Aug 2007 | By ride-earth | Views [195]
Tom We attempted to leave Budapest on Sunday. We made about 30km and
then it happened. My left knee, which had been giving me pain over the
3 days between Vienna and Budapest, started to hurt again.
There’s nothing for it - it needs to get ... Read more >
Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health
Thu, 9 Jul 2009 | By bec-simon | Views [121]
So good to be looked after for a change! No worries about how to get to our hotel, haggling with taxi drivers or trying to work out the public transport. Peter and Timea (Simon's ?th cousin??) met us at the airport with a warm hug and some cold drinks, ... Read more >
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
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
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
Tue, 30 Oct 2007 | By whereintheworld | Views [229]
It was only our first day and we could already see a difference between the paths we'd just traveled and those that lay ahead of us. While eating breakfast in Bhule Bhule we'd already lost count of the numerous trekkers that passed us with their porters ... Read more >
Thu, 8 Nov 2007 | By whereintheworld | Views [140]
Previously Reb was struck by intense diahorrea, or the Ring of Fire as Mark likes to call it, which forced us to stay in the camp of Yak Kharka instead of Letdar. Normally this early stop wouldn't be problematic but we wanted to spend the following ... Read more >
Sun, 21 Jun 2009 | By ang_and_abe | Views [106]
We all managed to arrive within
half an hour of each other on Thursday night, coming from all different parts
of nearby Europe – Abe & I from Croatia, Georgia from Vienna and Ash &
Nick from Berlin… the miracles of the European railway! ... Read more >
Mon, 8 Oct 2007 | By kjones | Views [27]
Budapest is a relly geat city. It seems to have the perfect mix for my likings. It's westernised enough that most things are pretty simple to do, but not too much that it has been over-run. It still has a very hungarian feel. There is also so much history ... Read more >
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 >
Tags: Adventures
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
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
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
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
