Hungary Category Posts

Our Orangeway Bus to Vienna departs at 7am from Budapest.  That means we have to take a cab from our apartment to a stadium near Nepliget metro station at...

Cafe Kor This restaurant comes recommended by 2 guidebooks – Lonely Planet and EyeWitness Guide.  According to the brochure on the restaurant, it serves modern european cuisine with a...

Budavari Siklo The Budavári Sikló is the Buda Castle Area funicular that will take you in a minute to the top of the hill.  While rather expensive (800 HUF)...

Kisharang Etkezde Another Lonely Planet recommendation – the central ‘Little Bell’ is an etkezde that is on the top of the list with students and staff of the nearby...

Margaret Island Margaret Island is named after Princess Margaret who lived in a convent here in the thirteenth century (the ruins of which can still be seen). In the...

Zugliget Chair-lift According to Lonely Planet – a more interesting way down the hills is to get off at Janos-hegy, the fourth stop on the Children’s Railway and the...

Children’s Railway (Gyermekvasút) From the Cogwheel Railway stop at Szechenyi-hegy (last stop), you can take a 5-minute walk to the Children’s Railway. Follow the crowd if you are not...

Cogwheel Railway The railway – originally built in 1874 – hauls itself up the steep hills using a cog system underneath the train, which engages with a rack on...

Budapest Nagy Fal Chinese Restaurant After days of western food, some of us were starting to miss Chinese food so we picked one recommended by the Lonely Planet. Nagy...

Budapest Central Market Hall Just across the Independence Bridge lies Budapest’s largest indoor market – Central Market Hall.

Today’s breakfast – Maggi mee with Krakow Bagel (left in the fridge for the past few days – oven baked to crispiness) and Chocolate pudding with Vitamin C juice. ...

Karpatia Restaurant According to Lonely Planet, this restaurant serves almost modern Hungarian and Transylvanian specialities and this is the place to hear authentic csardas Gypsy music.  Unfortunately as we...

Since the 17th century, Buda and Pest were 2 cities separated by the Danube River; Buda being the royal stronghold and Pest being Hungary’s commercial centre. Budapest became a...

Bobek Cafe Just one street behind our apartment at Kazinczy utca lies the Bobek Cafe.  Highly recommended by our apartment landlord, we decided to give this cafe a try....