Destination: Hungary

Budapest hop-on hop-off tour

Mon, 28 Apr 2014 | By mattso | Views [1076]

Folks, I'm so tired, I don't know how I can continue to entertain you with the delights we experienced today.  Budapest made up for yesterday's miserable weather with a superb display of spring time in Hungary, and we decided to kill three birds ... Read more >

Tags: sightseeing

Photos: Budapest hop-on hop-off tour

Mon, 28 Apr 2014 | By mattso | Photo Gallery

Photos: Budapest in the rain

Sun, 27 Apr 2014 | By mattso | Photo Gallery

Budapest in the rain

Sun, 27 Apr 2014 | By mattso | Views [1040] | Comments [1]

Budapest remained cloudy with drizzling rain for most of the day, and that's probably not a bad way to describe our spirits, drizzling. But the hotel supplied ample information on tourist opportunities, as well as a good buffet breakfast, so we planned ... Read more >

Tags: sightseeing

Photos: Long train to Budapest

Sat, 26 Apr 2014 | By mattso | Photo Gallery

The long train to Budapest

Fri, 25 Apr 2014 | By mattso | Views [696] | Comments [1]

The pre-dawn start at the Brasov station went smoothly and we found ourselves to be the only passengers in the first class carriage.  It didn't take long before we left the city behind and the familiar scenes of farmland and woodlands replaced the ... Read more >

Photos: Passport & Plate - Summer Saudade

Fri, 14 Mar 2014 | By pacmanlx | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: #summer #saudade #vietnamese #roll #festival

Photos: Passport & Plate - Mákos kifli (Poppy seeds crescents)

Fri, 14 Mar 2014 | By cookingculture | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: passport & plate: italy 2014

Photos: Passport & Plate - Goulash

Tue, 11 Mar 2014 | By sirinne | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Photos: Passport & Plate - Chicken Paprikash

Mon, 10 Mar 2014 | By jamesko | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

On Becoming A Citizen of the World

Mon, 3 Mar 2014 | By alannahammesfahr | Views [326]

Despite having visited multiple different countries on this trip thus far, stepping foot on Hungarian soil was the first time I actually felt like I was in a different country. Ironically, this was also the only border crossing that was unceremoniously ... Read more >

Farewell Budapest

Wed, 18 Dec 2013 | By traveling_texan | Views [598] | Comments [2]

Today we got a little bit of a late start. We work up close to 10 and then Laszlo took us over to his local market to have breakfast - strudel! We parted ways afterward so that he could do some shopping and we could see what we wanted to on our last ... Read more >

Budapest

Wed, 18 Dec 2013 | By traveling_texan | Views [674] | Comments [1]

Budapest has been wonderful! It's already the end of our time here so let me catch y'all up on what we did.   We arrived around 10pm on Sunday night. We collected our bags and took a taxi to our host, Laszlo's home. I think we arrived somewhere ... Read more >

Photos: Budapest

Wed, 18 Dec 2013 | By traveling_texan | Photo Gallery

Hungry in Hungary

Wed, 18 Dec 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Views [765]

Baden is a cute Vienna suburb with big city attractions; an opera, symphony and a classy casino.  Pension Amadeus has everything we need at a reasonable price.   It is also conveniently near the Austria-Hungary border so it was easy for ... Read more >