Why I Hate Flying
Posted by ScarlettNov 3rd, 2009 | 1 CommentToday marks the beginning of what I call “the home stretch” – our last five weeks in Europe before going home for Christmas! We are heading to Turkey & Greece to finish off, but first we must fly to Stuttgart, Germany to spend three nights in the “cradle of the automobile.” I’ll never understand the way flights are priced, but it was much cheaper to fly from Budapest to Stuttgart then Stuttgart to Istanbul than to fly from Budapest to Istanbul directly, which is retarded because Istanbul is southeast from Budapest and Stuttgart is west so we’re basically going backwards then forwards!
All Saints Day In Budapest
Posted by ScarlettNov 1st, 2009 | No Comments
Yesterday, after wandering around on Budapest’s well known Andrássy Ave near the famous Hungarian State Opera House, we went to Gellert Hill, a 235 m high hill on the Buda side of the Danube. We had planned to hike up and take in the spectacular views we had read about, but when we got there I realized I had forgotten to put the memory card back in the camera after offloading pictures the night before! Since it didn’t make sense to climb up and not take pictures, we decided to come back today, camera and memory card in hand…
Budapest Day 2: The Danube
Posted by ScarlettOct 30th, 2009 | No Comments
The Danube is the second longest river in Europe, flowing through or forming part of the border of 10 countries. It flows right through the middle of Budapest, separating the west bank of Buda and Obuda from the east bank of Pest, three cities that were unified in 1873 to form the city of Budapest. We saw a bit of the Danube during our self-guided walking tour of Bratislava, but hadn’t really walked along its banks so we set out to do so today, starting at the Budapest Parliament building, which is located on the Pest side of the river bank…
Budapest Day 1: The Holocaust Memorial Center
Posted by ScarlettOct 29th, 2009 | No Comments
Our three hour train ride to Budapest from Bratislava yesterday got us to our hotel (another Ibis) just in time for Paul to start working so we didn’t do much apart from check out the area we’re in and buy stuff at the grocery store to make sandwiches for dinner so we wouldn’t have to eat fast food, which is the only type of food near the hotel. Today we began our sightseeing at the Holocaust Memorial Center, which was sad but very informative…
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