2013: Places we visited during the first half of the year

You know by now that each year we write a post comprising the places we’ve visited (see 2011 and 2012), and you also know that each month I’ve written about what makes me happy (and mostly it’s about traveling). This year, I feel the need to put together a half-year-mark post about the things we…

Budapest in Spring: Simple DIY Walking Tours

Please wear good walking shoes, bring bottled water (it’s pricy in touristy spots) and wear sunscreen. Make sure to stop as many times as you need to. Each time we travel to Budapest we plan to walk as much as we can and avoid using the public transportation – albeit it’s amazing and gets you…

Review: L’Altra Casa Apartments on Vaci Utca in Budapest

Address: Vaci Utca 9, 1052 Budapest How to get to: From Keleti pu., go to the metro and take line 2 (M2 red) to Deak ter. Exit for Elisabeth Ter and make a right. On the corner there will be Starbucks cafe which leads onto a pedestrian street. Make a left and follow the street…

VIDEO: Budapest in July 2011

Since in 5 days we’ll be leaving for Budapest, Hungary (AGAIN!) , Alex decided to put together some videos he has filmed while we visited the capital in July 2011. All images are taken with Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 smartphone. ENJOY! (c) video and editing Alex P.

Apartment rental vs hotel or hostel

We are going to Budapest (AGAIN!) in April this year. And this time we are with a group of friends who actually share the same ideas we have and have the same attitude towards travel. And they also came up with the idea to rent an apartment for our stay. Previously, I’ve ran some search…

Review: Budapest Parliament Tour

We finally made it to take the free(1) tour of the Hungarian Parliament . Before planning this, I already knew one thing : we needed to go early in the day to get tickets then come for the tour. So, on Sunday we were in the city walking by the Danube and decided to go…

Budapest: St. Stephen’s Basilica – inside the church and the viewing platform

It is the largest church in Budapest and has been dedicated to the first king of Hungary. Apart from being a splendid church, it also houses the treasury and the chapel where you can find the mummified right hand of St. Stephen (we skipped the treasury; entrance 400 ft / person) and offers stunning views…

Traveling With a Group of Friends and Acquaintances

Budapest 2012-2013 was probably the worst experience I had so far traveling with a group of friends. And even worse, it brakes my heart that Alex felt even worse. The travel writer in me , though, has found a way to turn it into something constructive: write some ideas / tips for traveling with a…

Places We Visited in 2012

It’s that time again, when we make a list of the places we have visited in the year which is about to end. Alex said we traveled more this year, I said we have traveled less than in 2011. Here it goes: Rome , Vieste and Foggia – Italy We left Arad and flew from…

How touristy is Budapest?

Tourism does any economy a lot of good and we all know what the economic crisis did to the European Union. But for the past two days I have been not pleasently surprised by the many tourists in Budapest. Last year when we visited in December it was cheaper and less crowded. Heroes Square was…

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