I arrived via the night train in Prague this morning. It was a rough night, but I managed to get some sleep. While I was in a 3 bed room, the two polish women the the room felt they needed
If you think my internet access was bad in Vienna, it only got worse here in Krakow. There was one working computer in the hostel, being used at all hour of the day. I searched for an internet cafe, but
Unfortunately, I had no time to post about Vienna while there. So instead, I will give you a laundry list of things we did.. 1) Cafed. A cafe is a noun in english, but in Vienna, it is something you do.
We took the train from Budapest to Vienna. We got to Vienna, checked into the hostel and wandered the city. Finally, we stopped for dinner at an Austrian restaraunt and ended the evening at the hostel.
Today is our last day in Budapest. We spent the day seeing some of the remaining sites on our list: Parliament, the market, the National museum and most importantly, Szechenyi baths. There are two stories that took place on this
Being that it is a holiday, most of the locals got out of the city. We decided to join them. We hopped on a bus to Eger. The town has many sites - I'll let you read about them through the
Over the past couple of days, everything has been closed. In addition to government run agencies (banks, post offices), markets, grocery stores, retail stores were closed on Sunday. Only bars and restaurants (and retail shops in tourist areas)
If you are still reading my posts, you may be wondering why I have called this Lonyay Utca. This is because the first (and one of very few) words that I learned in Hungarian is utca. Utca means Street, and
While it was great to travel by the seat of our pants, that comes with a price. After two nights in Imperio Max hostel, we learned that it was a holiday weekend in Hungary and the hostel was full. We took
In the US, Starbucks may be on every corner, but in Budapest, an ice cream stand (with a long line) would be the winner. Don't get me wrong, cafes are big too. There are great coffee shops, and even McDonald's