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…

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…

7 Best Museums in Europe (we have visited so far)

We are both geeks and are proud of that. Along with our own computers, and handful of gadgets come the visit to the museums. Generally speaking, I’d look up the best well known museums in the city we visit and decide from there. We also love to check out very interesting museum, which tend to…

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…

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.

Day Trips from Arad, Romania

Sometimes , escaping the daily routine just for a day or two (or a weekend) is exactly what anyone needs and we make no exception. We often plan short trips over the weekends and hiking day trips to break the routine. Here are some ideas for those who visit Arad – or live here –…

Lesser Known Christmas Markets: Budapest

I’ve written before about Christmas Markets in Europe but this year Alex reminded me that there’s a Christmas Market in Budapest, as well. Which obviously means that my mind jumped to this reaction: “I.Must.Visit”. This year (2011) the Christmas Market in Budapest opens on November 18 (that’s next Friday, by the way) and closes on…

Review: Hard Rock Cafe Budapest

My first reaction when I saw the Hard Rock Café right on the corner of Vorosmarty Ter was…wow they have this in Budapest? I knew about the ones in Bucharest, Paris and London but not about this one. And we decided to go in. This location has just open several days ago in Budapest, so…

Review Dominik Panzio, Budapest

Located close to Keleti Station, Dominik Panzio is a low cost, low service accommodation option in Budapest. Actually, aside from the location, the only other perks are…the fact that it’s warm in the room and there’s hot water all the time.

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