Destination: Hungary

Budapest to Prague-Naked Breasts to Smarter then Average Bears to Scurrying Rats

Fri, 24 Jul 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [752]

Yesterday I got up, and arrived at the bus station to take the 8 hour bus ride to Prague.   Once again, the trip was on the same line that I took from Bratislava to Budapest-Student Agency; The JetBlue of buses-with a "bus attendant" giving ... Read more >

Final Steaming Budapest

Thu, 23 Jul 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [684]

  Yesterday was my final day in Budapest.I had a good night sleep, which I haven't had in a few days.  It is VERY hot here(supposed to reach 97 today), and most of the buildings do not have AC.     In the morning, ... Read more >

Tags: budapest, hungary, steaming

Synagogues Statues Sleep

Wed, 22 Jul 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [555]

Yesterday, I checked out of the Party Hostel and into  a mini-hotel. It is similar to a hotel that I have my own room, bathroom, etc-but there are only 6 or 7 rooms, and no receptionist. As a matter of fact, I arrived at the location specified on ... Read more >

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If You Pay Someone Who Appears To be on Drugs, Get a Receipt

Tue, 21 Jul 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [671]

Yesterday was my last day at the Infiniti Party Hostel. You may ask, why am I staying at a Party hostel to begin with? Well, many hostels, and all hotels, seem boring frankly-just a place to lay your head. This place seemed fun and interesting on ... Read more >

Budapest Commuist Day

Mon, 20 Jul 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [647]

Yesterday was a somewhat busy day.  I extended my stay at the party hostel by another day, so I had to change rooms, which necessitates checking out of one room from 10 am to 12 pm and checking into the new room at 2 pm.    I went ... Read more >

Spa and Pub...

Sun, 19 Jul 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [715]

Yesterday, I started the day, after running and breakfast by going to the Roman Bath's. Budapest is on top of geothermal springs, so there are many baths in town.     The bath I went to is called Szechenzi, and is one of the biggest complexes ... Read more >

Tags: budapest, hungary

Walking Budapest

Sat, 18 Jul 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [633]

Yesterday was my first full day in Budapest. After awaking, I had the Mcbreakfast and then went on a free walking tour.  As I mentioned before, I enjoy walking tours-and free ones are the best-since the guides work on tips-they are generally excited ... Read more >

Tags: budapest, hungary

Vac to Esteragom

Thu, 9 Jul 2015 | By j-a-z | Views [452]

Thursday Juiy 9th, The weather broke and it is 24 degrees to start our ride. We are heading into a stiff wind for 43 km from Vac to Esteragom. Both towns are in Hungary. Vac is a quaint little town, with a church on a hill...of course. We cycled ... Read more >

Tags: cycling

Budapest

Wed, 8 Jul 2015 | By j-a-z | Views [506]

Wednesday July 8th Today we spent the day in Budapest. There are two sides to the city, Buda and Pest. The Buda side is more touristy, but the Pest side is the real centre of the town. The buildings were amazing and once again was the heat. 42 degrees ... Read more >

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Hungary - Budapest

Mon, 15 Jun 2015 | By irenecabay | Views [851]

I had some time to kill before flying home to Canada, so I decided to go to Budapest for a few days. I saw a magnet on Len's fridge that said Budapest , and figured Why not? Budapest (pronounced Bu-da-pesht, not pest – like a bug) is ... Read more >

Hortabagyi National Park and Holloko

Sat, 16 May 2015 | By vagabonds3 | Views [529]

SANDOR HAS THE BIRDS OF HORTABAGYI National Park wired.  More importantly, he has the 4WD Toyota pick-up to squish through the wet fields to where they live.  Hortabagyi sits on the western edge of the “steppe,” the same one that ... Read more >

Budapest

Fri, 8 May 2015 | By copperowl | Views [425]

I last visited Budapest in 2005. That time I was there as a tourist. We went to all the beautiful places - the Parliament, Hero's Square, the Fisherman's Bastion, the Castle, and a memorable night cruise on the Danube as the lights of the city went on.... Read more >

Sopron

Thu, 7 May 2015 | By vagabonds3 | Views [614]

SOMETHING SEEMED FAMILIAR ABOUT SOPRON, located in the tiny nipple of northwestern Hungary that juts into Austria near the wetlands of Ferto-Neusiedler National Park.  A quick look back at our journal from the winter of 2013-14 reminded me that ... Read more >

Photos: Budapest

Wed, 6 May 2015 | By copperowl | Photo Gallery

Pecs

Tue, 5 May 2015 | By vagabonds3 | Views [607]

CHIMING CHURCH BELLS AWAKENED US YESTERDAY MORNING, a pleasant change from the electrified, amplified wailing muezzins that we had grown accustomed to.  And after a visit to the palace cum art museum we joined the crowd of locals and tourists for ... Read more >