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A 24-Hour Trip Back to LA
My alarm went off at 5:30 a.m. in Budapest on Saturday. I got up, showered, and was ready to be taken to the airport at 6:30. Evan came along, too, just to drop me off. His flight was later in the day. I got through check-in, passport control and security in about five minutes. And [...]
Our Last Day in Budapest
On our last day in Budapest, Evan and I tried to accomplish items #2 and #3 on our list, so we went down to Saint Stephen’s Cathedral (photo taken in July when I visited the first time), and we tried to get a ticket to climb the towers, but it turns out that that’s a [...]
The Gellert Baths, Group Changing Rooms and a Spanish Speaking Hungarian
Yesterday, Evan and I checked off item #1 on our list by going to the Gellert Baths. I actually went during the summer, but the main pool was under construction and it was really crowded. I felt like it was a waste of my money. Thankfully, when Evan and I made it there yesterday, I [...]
One Last Dinner at Cafe Bouchon
Last night, we tackled item #4 on the list and went to Cafe Bouchon with Bernat, Peter, Ian and Gyula. We drank Ian’s favorite wine there — which is very good, and I’d call it our favorite there, too, but Ian is the one who found it first, I believe — he also bought a [...]
Mammut and Budapest’s Other Megamalls
Now, I come from the land of shopping malls — Southern California — and for the last three years lived within a few miles of South Coast Plaza, The Lab, Fashion Island, the Irvine Spectrum and more strip malls than I’d even like to think about. In Budapest, things haven’t changed that much. I live [...]
Only One Week Left in Budapest
This trip has gone by fast! I’ll be heading home to California after this week, though I’m off to London in the new year, so the travels shall continue.
This weekend has been pretty relaxing. We did a lot of holiday shopping and hanging out at home playing Scrabulous (if you’re up for a game, let [...]
Malomto: Good Restaurant, No Patrons
Wednesday night, Evan organized a group dinner at Malomto for some friends. We first found the restaurant in our Time Out guide — it was listed as one of their top 5 restaurants in Budapest — and we went there for dinner on our birthday in July (the photo is from that dinner). Evan also [...]
Budapest Opera: Elektra
One of Budapest’s must-sees is the opera house–Evan and I have had it on our list since he first came out here, and we wanted to see a show instead of taking a tour because we heard they were comparable in price.Big and stately, sitting on Andrassy Ut, its exterior is a columned and statued [...]
Ice Skating in City Park
Though Sunday was gloomy, it didn’t stop us from spending almost the whole day outside. After Statue Park, we went to City Park to go ice skating. We did pretty well–no injuries, or even falls–and I even spun around a few times. And it was great to be skating outside by the park’s castle. I [...]
Statue Park
Sunday, Evan and I went to Statue Park, a short drive from Budapest, to see soviet-era statues that were moved from the city center to the countryside. Though the park was smaller than we expected and sort of strangely organized–we were under the impression that it was just a bunch of statues strewn about a [...]
Andrassy Ut at Night
On the way home from Szentendre, Evan and I ran in to a good deal of traffic getting back to our hotel, but I used it as an opportunity to take some photos of the lights in the city. Here’s one taken on Andrassy Ut, which seems to often be billed as “Budapest’s classiest boulevard.”
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Day Trip to Szentendre
Saturday, Evan and I took a short day trip to Szentendre, a town about 20 minutes outside of Budapest that’s known for being a cute, touristy artist colony on the bank of the Danube. After parking, we just started wandering into the small town, and we heard music and some pretty awful singing coming from [...]
Evan’s Burgerwar Submission Posted!
Check out Chew.hu, where hey posted Evan’s Burgerwar entry–complete with half-eaten burger picture in night-vision goggles. As he sent in a “guerrilla” burger review.
All we can say is, we honor you, E.S., for the initiative you and your unit took on this mission, which could have ended in tragedy had you been captured by the [...]
A “Mexiterranean” Dinner at Ring Bar and Cafe
Tonight we went to an interesting restaurant/bar called Ring on Andrassy. We originally intended to go to Abszint, but it was closed for a private party, so after checking out the menu at Ring, which was only a few doors down, and noticing plenty of empty tables inside, we decided to check it out.
It was [...]