Fatal, Budapest

Advantages: Easy to get around. Plenty to see. Luckily, most people in tourism speak English
Disadvantages: Unfathomable language

...I can't pretend that what follows is a true travel guide to Budapest, since we only went there for a long weekend, but it's a taster. Rather than try to see everything fleetingly, we opted for one of two items that took our fancy, vowing, no doubt, to come back again. Since going there, which is MONTHS ago now, there have been riots in the streets of the capital in protest of a government that lied to its people - Londoners will feel entirely at home. ****************************************************************** ** JULY 2006 - It had been a long time coming, but starting in the previous year with a weekend trip to Prague, which I never did get round to writing about, the eastern European cities are now on our personal agenda - somewhat belatedly in some of my friends' view. You know the kind of thing. "Of course we... Read review

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Advantages: Beatiful sights, lots to see
Disadvantages: Some of the shops were quite expensive, many of the shops were high street stores like what we have in the UK

...As many of you know, I have just returned from Budapest. It is one of my life's ambitions to visit all the capital cities of Europe so I was thrilled when my parents said we could go to Budapest. Budapest is the capital city of Hungary. Hungary is located in Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia and Slovenia. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Hungary developed closer ties with Western Europe, and joined the European Union on May 1, 2004. Budapest is the seventh largest city in the European Union. Buda and Pest became united as Budapest in 1873. Buda and Pest are located on opposite banks of the River Danube, with Buda on the west and Pest on the East. The hotel I was staying in was located on the riverside of Pest. ~ Airport ~ There is only one airport... Read review

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Advantages: Great for adults, cheap, cultural
Disadvantages: Not much for Kids, the language.

...I cannot resist quoting from a beautifully written article that I read after my recent trip to Budapest :- "midnight in the enchanting décor of the Rudas Turkish baths. Half asleep we slip among languid bodies in the red marble octagonal basin. …..…it's easy to relax into the ambient hubbub which you can muffle by sinking up to your ears.……and we float lost in daydreams." Budapest has a turbulent history with its greatest period arguably being the 19th Century when it emulated Vienna as one of Europe's greatest cities. However, during World War 2, the Germans did a good job of gutting Budapest and when they were forced to leave by the oncoming Russian army, they blew up all the bridges, including the famous Chain Bridge, which was originally based on the idea of the chain bridge in Marley, Buckinghamshire. Luckily most... Read review

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