Eger, Hungary: 2 Days Itinerary

Eger is a small town (and yes, I mean small : 57 000 inhabitants in 2011) in Northern Hungary, very well known for two things: it was the last castle to fall to the Turks and home to the northernmost Turkish minaret it is the main wine region in Hungary (the red wine is particularly…

FitBit Charge HR vs FitBit One : Reviews

I got my FitBit One in June 2014 as part of our work’s wellness program. In other words , I didn’t pay for it. After winning the first challenge (which ended in early December 2014), I wanted to buy the newly announced Charge HR – which has a Heart Rate Monitor. It only became available…

Places we have visited in 2014

Another year over, a new just began… So let’s take a look at where we’ve been in 2014. Ceala Forest, Arad, March 1 Radna, Lipova, Paulis, Arad County, March 15 >>Road trip: Radna – Lipova – Paulis Conop-Nadas, Arad County, May 10 (Arad Rally 2014) >>Arad Rally 2014 Budapest, Hungary & Bratislava (including Devin), Slovakia,…

Review: Animation City Hostel, Budapest, Hungary

Website (not their): http://animationcityhostel.gportal.hu/ Address: 2. Haris koz, Budapest, 1052-HUN Telephone: 00 36 20 329 7007 E-mail: animation.city.hostel@gmail.com How to get to The closest Metro station is Ferenciek Tere on M3 (blue). If you come from the airport, this is where you should get off. Take the Kossuth Lajos u exit and make a right…

Questions & Answers: Travel

Once in a while I take time to check the phrases and words readers use and get to the blog. I believe it’s time I answer some of those travel related questions in an article. In italics you’ll see the phrased searched. And next to it, my answer. Hope it’s useful. Hungary landmarks: aside from…

Getting from Arad (Romania) to Vienna (Austria)

I talked before about getting from Romania to Budapest (Hungary). Now it’s time to go a bit further, specifically to Vienna, Austria. You probably know by now that we don’t own a car and although I do have a driver’s license I don’t rent cars either. Since we both suffer from motion sickness, we don’t…