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…

Visiting Herculaneum (Ercolano) , Italy – Tips & Tricks

Herculaneum (Italian: Ercolano) is a small town close to Naples, easily reachable via Circumvesuviana (Ercolano Scavi stop for the historical site).

A leap of Faith: looking for a short-term rental in Athens, Greece

Update: Due to the fact that we know how things can get in the Balkans, we decided to plan a visit to Athens around March 2015 and decided then whether it still feels ok to try this or not. If it still feels ok, we will be seeing some apartments. *** We visited Athens back…

Review: Astoria City Hostel, Budapest

Website http://astoriacityhostel.com/ Address 1072 Budapest, Rákóczi út 4 Tel: +36 1 950 64 80 email: staff@astoriacityhostel.com How to get to We arrived in Budapest by train so we took M2 from Keleti pu to Astoria. And now we walked around our tail because we knew to exit on Rakoczi…however, we didn’t exit to the correct…

Review: Hyde Park Hostel, Bratislava, Slovakia

Website http://hyde-park.sk/hostel/ Address Obchodna 53 811 06 Bratislava Tel: (00421) 0911 689 945 How to get to We arrived in Bratislava by train so from the Main Train Station (Hlavna Stanica) we walked. Before leaving home I did a google search and made e print-screen of the walking route. I also got a map from…

#indie30 Prompt #25: Show us your photos!

Day 25 prompt is here: Show us your photos! Learn how to participate in #indie30 Art Project. Brace yourself for a long photo blog post.

#indie30 Prompt #24: Tell us a story set around the worst accommodations you’ve ever stayed in.

Day 24 prompt is here: Tell us a story set around the worst accommodations you’ve ever stayed in. Learn how to participate in #indie30 Art Project. I have asked Alex to chime in on this one. And we both agree: Dominik Panzio, Budapest (before it was renovated) and Cabana Zeni, Straja were the most horrible…

#indie30 Prompt #23: Tell us about the best road trip you’ve ever been on

Day 23 prompt is here: Tell us about the best road trip you’ve ever been on. Learn how to participate in #indie30 Art Project. First of all, it’s time to brag again. The weekly round up highlighted two of my articles ! Yay. Best road trip ever? May 2013, our first wedding anniversary. It wasn’t…

#indie30 Prompt #22: Write a 24-hour guide to your hometown

Day 22 prompt is here: Write a 24-hour guide to your hometown (where you grew up, or where you live now) for someone who has never been there. Learn how to participate in #indie30 Art Project. I’ve been playing travel guide plenty of times for visitors. At one point I had a dream to organize…

#indie30 Prompt #9: What is the best experience you’ve ever had while traveling?

Day 9 prompt is here: What is the best experience you’ve ever had while traveling? Learn how to participate in #indie30 Art Project. Athens, March 2012. The best travel experience we’ve had so far. Greece has been on my list of “must visit” places since 2002 or so (when I started working in a travel).…

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