Hungary Travel Blogs

"hungarians are a curious breed. despite sitting at the very heart of europe, they speak a language unlike that of any of the countries immediately around them. some have suggested that hungarians are descendants from a race of aliens who landed here and chose this spot to settle. others have argue…

Once on the road, Emil and I sailed through the border controls (still in place between Hungary and Romania until the end of the year). But when I saw the speedometer barely touching 50 km per hour I wondered if I did the right thing by accepting a lift to the airport- at this rate I could’ve run…

I was, we were, quite drunk last night as it was Wayne's great plan for us to get really smashed. Once again I was forced to drink and I really don't know why I am still keeping myself from killing off this dude and then be sober for the rest of my life. I am such a good person I could go on Oprah.…

We were drawing our European vacation to a close. We had to leave to go back home the next morning. Naturally we'd have to spend some time with the family before leaving. Fortunately we had the whole day to spend going back and visiting some of our favorite places.The day started off cold and li…

Many travellers who got far away from home often missed the chance to see what's right in the neighbourhood. Shouldn't happen to me. My country has a couple of neighbours, Hungary being one of them. I've been in Budapest last time 10 years ago for 1 day only, it was time to see more of this beautiful city. And a chance to meet travbuddy Livia who was ready to show me and my two friends (collegues) around. Mix it with a beautuful shiny weather and what comes out is a perfect weekend trip.

Pécs is located in the south of Hungary - 228 km from Budapest. It is easily reachable from the capital - the train ride takes approximately 3 hours. The unique atmosphere of Pécs is largely determined by the fact that it is a university city with more than thirty five thousand national and int…

An extremely long work day combined with an exceedingly short sightseeing:-))...just to give a taste of my capital...to be up-dated soon....

The few hours we had before the cab came to take us to aiport, was relaxing once. Slept till 8.30am and took some time finish packing, had some breakfast and Patrick watched tv up until it was time to go. The cab was a few minutes early and we got to the aiport in about 30 mins. We were a little …

Visita de las termas del Hotel Gellert y al salir de alli, una competición de bicicleta de montaña.

After a fantastic breakfast at the hotel we headed to Memento Park - see the review!  It was an interesting visit and it was nice to see the area between central Pest and the park which turned out to be about a 25 minute drive.  It was getting colder by the minute, the gloves that I broug…

So I had every intention of finally leaving Budapest last night, but after my failed attempt to get to Eger on Saturday because we didn't get up early enough, I decided to hold over another day so I could get there.  Plus, no one can leave this hostel.  I think the record is 6 failed atte…

Siofok is a town on the shores of Lake Balaton, one of the largest lakes in Europe. It is advertised as central europe's playground, so I thought it would be worth checking out. Unfortunately, it seemed more like a commerical, packaged resort than the outdoor destination I was hoping for. The only …

Jo reggelt!This morning it is time for a swim, so after breakfast (reggeli) we grabbed a towel and our swimming suits, and off we went to the barlangfürdo, the main attraction of Miskolctapolca. (This Hungarian word I know, barlang is cave and fürdo is pool, so it means a pool in a cave or c…

I added a couple of videos from our dinner. A sightseeing city tour of Budapest included HERO'S SQUARE, and only driving by House of Parliament and the Royal Palace. Hero's Square is next to City Park and in the center is Millennium Memorial. The statues are leaders of seven tribes that founde…

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