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Hungary

Gellert Hill – Independence Bridge – Chain Bridge

July 22, 2009

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. Our supply for instant noodles and milo for the next few days on the kitchen top. Gellert Hill The Gellert Bath complex beside Gellert Hill. Budapest [...]

Budapest Karpatia Dinner Review

July 22, 2009

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 did not have a reservation, we could only be seated at a part of the restaurant where we could not hear any Gypsy music. The decor [...]

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Castle Hill (Old Town and Fishermen’s Bastion)

July 21, 2009

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 single city occupying both banks of the river Danube with a unification on 17 November 1873 of right-bank Buda and Óbuda with left-bank Pest. Buda’s Castle [...]

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Budapest Bobek Cafe Lunch Review

July 20, 2009

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. We took our lunch at the cafe’s dining garden because: Good weather – warm and sunny Lots of smoking customers in the cafe interior Menu is [...]

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Budapest InnerCity Apartments Review

July 19, 2009

Budapest InnerCity Apartments We stayed 3 nights at the Innercity Grand Apartment 2. The apartment has a size of 80 sqm and can accommodate 1-5 guests – 2 can sleep in bedroom with king size bed, 2 in second bedroom with 2 single beds, and 1 in comfortable sofabed in living room. It is on [...]

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Public Transport and Money in Budapest – Taxi Scam

July 18, 2009

After a gruelling 10-hour+ journey from Krakow, we finally arrived at Budapest Keleti-pu train station. Budapest Taxi Scam According to many online sources, it is often safer to call for a taxi from a reputable taxi company e.g. City Taxi than hailing it off the street. However you are encouraged to make prior arrangements with [...]

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Night Sleeper Train to Budapest from Krakow

July 17, 2009

Night Train to Budapest from Krakow From some online forum posts, we expected that tickets for the night train from Krakow to Budapest will cost more than 90 Euros. However, when we purchased the tickets, there were some SparDay/SparNight promotion – reducing the price to just 43 Euros per pax for a private 4-bed couchette. [...]

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