Budapest the beautiful (she says)

Posted By jelly on 13, Sep, 2014

This was  my second trip to Budapest.  I was here last in 1998 visiting my cousin who was working as a photojournalist for the Budapest Business Journal.  It was a different experience but I still had the same feelings about this city. On arriving, I felt quite at ease with everything.  We had a very smooth arrival.  The metro was easy to work out and our AirBnB digs were great!  We headed out for a meal on Vaci street and had some...

Our time in Budapest – He says

Posted By John Anderson on 13, Sep, 2014

11-13 Sept – Budapest Hungary A 2.5hour train journey gets you from Vienna to Budapest. Once again the changes between the two cities are striking. Almost immediately we are targeted by a spruiker wanting to change our currency. I tried telling him no but he kept at me so I gave him our remaining Euro which came back as a wad of Hungarian Forints (HUF). While we stood in queue for the money changing booth the rates didn’t...