What makes Budapest such an incredible place to live? Let's find out!
As seen from a foreigner’s perspective Whenever we travel, we always do our best to fit in with the locals. We never quite achieve that, I’m sure, but we try. We hate being thought of as annoying f...
2017 August 20/No commentBudapest is one of the most child-friendly cities I’ve ever visited. Hands down. It’s better than the cities we’re used to in the United States, and it’s much better than other big cities we’ve vis...
2017 July 6/1 commentSzentendre is a cute little town on the western bank of the Danube, just a 40-minute train ride north of Budapest. Known primarily for its picturesque beauty and myriad art museums, Szentendre is a...
2017 June 10/No commentWe recently had a guest post published by Globetotting.com (what a great URL, right?). The folks over there were kind enough to publish a list of 10 wonderful things to do in Budapest. Check it out...
2017 May 31/No commentThe Budapest Ferris wheel: A fun treat A ride on Budapest’s Ferris wheel, the Budapest Eye, gives a great sense of the scale of this old city. Szent István Bazilika, just a few meters to the nort...
2017 May 25/No commentEger is primarily famous for two things: its castle and its red wine. The wine, which can be found throughout Hungary in bottles labeled Egri Bikavér (Eger Bull’s Blood), is a red blend that by ...
2017 May 6/No commentOn a clear day, you can look up Andrássy from the downtown core and see the regal, copper-green statues of Heroes’ square rising into the sky. From Hősök tere, the park spreads out to the north,...
2017 May 6/No commentTrip dates: 2017, 30 March to 1 April One of my friends in school earned her bachelor’s degree in Eger, Hungary, and a while back she recommended it as a family-friendly vacation destination. Latel...
2017 April 3/1 commentThe Gyermekvasút, or Children’s Railway, is staffed almost entirely by children ages 10 to 14. They sell the tickets in the little ticket booth and then collect them once the train is underway. Th...
2017 February 15/1 commentWhy we love Fisherman’s Bastion Though the site was once a fortress, what you see there today is of relatively recent vintage, having been erected ― like much of modern Budapest, actually ― in ...
2017 February 11/No comment
