Review: Gourmand Cafe, Budapest, Hungary [now closed]

Address: Semmelweis u. 2., 1052, Budapest, Hungary Find them on Foursquare here. We first stumbled unto Gourmand Cafe back in 2011. It was then called Cairo Cafe. And we loved it because it had free wi-fi which worked, good coffee, decent prices and it was warm inside. Since we discovered this place, we’ve came back…

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…

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…

Review: Museum of Technology in Vienna, Austria

Website Address: Mariahilfer Str. 212 , 1140 Vienna How to get to: By Metro: U3 stop Johnstrasse and 10 min walk (down the street, then make a left and you’ll see the museum) or U4 stop Schonbrunn. You can also get here by bus (10A, 57A) and tram (52, 58, 10). The entrance fee is…

Review Hotel Geblergasse, Vienna, Austria

Address: Geblergasse 21, 1170 Wien >>book a room at Hotel Geblergasse How to get to From Westbahnholf, take U6 in direction Florisdorf and get off at Alser Strasse. Cross to the left, cross straight ahead, make a left and walk past the first street. The second to the right is Geblergasse. Walk until you see…

Something to Read: Shy Feet by Thompson, Frances M.

When Frances approached me on Facebook and asked if I wanted to read her book, Shy Feet: Short Stories Inspired by Travel , I was, of course, intrigued. And as you figured out by now, I do NOT do research on the authors or books I am offered. I believe this helps me not be…

For You: One Photographer We Love

You have probably noticed that we do not post any form of advertising on the blog. However, when we love a place, a service, a book or a person, we surely tell you what we have discovered. I have known Beth, virtually (so far), since 2006. We met on a website and after that continued…

Something to Read: What the Travel Guides Won’t Tell You by Ben West

What is your style of traveling? If you don’t mind spending hours in a cramped, non-AC bus, hoping not to get sick along the way, don’t mind the occasional dead rat in front of your door rather than the morning paper , then this free guide is what you need to get your hands on.…

Something to Read: The Casual Vacancy – J K Rowling

I have heard about The Casual Vacancy by J K Rowling from a friend of mine from the States and decided I should get my hands on it. I did eventually…and the first reaction was …shock! The tragicomedy was published in 2012 by the very same lady who created Harry Potter. I have read one…

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