Meetzoo's Blog: ianuarie 2014

duminică, 26 ianuarie 2014

Gellert Hill and Liberty Statue

Today I went all the way up here.

As in up there.

Passing by the huge Gellert baths.

And finally, after having repeteadly considered giving up and while I was basically freezing

The Liberty Statue

A ridiculously expensive cup of mulled wine, to continue the tradition started in October (the first cup of wine of this cold season was drunk in Brasov way up on mount Tampa)

Newly weds from Paris, drinking champagne despite the freezing cold

World's best bench

Aaaand ta-da: potato moussaka, recipe from here (Bucatar Maniac)

The day when I sailed a boat on the Danube

And by this I mean I sailed aka I was the one who was "driving" the boat.

Under my favourite bridge.

Even more pics of the Parliament.

A little Budapest by the Danube at night

Chain Bridge

At home, I used to have a magnet on my fridge with the picture of this bridge. Now, I cross the bridge every day on my way to work.

My favourite bridge.

duminică, 12 ianuarie 2014

Took the Free Budapest tour

Taken from their website: "FREE BUDAPEST TOURS is an independent project of professional Hungarian guides started in 2007. Our mission is to entertain & to educate as many as possible. We understand that not every traveler has the budget to pay for a private tour, we belive in the fair way of tourism. That's the reason we are not asking for fixed prices. We also try to helo our customers to find new friends, travel buddies during our walks. "

ESSENTIAL PEST TOUR FAITH-TERROR-COMMUNISM Departure: 14:30 every day - Duration: ~1.5 hours Meeting point: in Deák tér - Budapest Sightseeing Bus Stop (Hop On Hop Off green tourist buses) - see: map below! Itinerary: Elisabeth Square - Saint Stephen's Basilica (outside) - Liberty Square - Soviet monument - Imre Nagy Statue - Parliament (outside) & sites of the Communist dictatorship and the 1956 revolution Cost: no fixed price - BASED ON TIPS

The guide was really nice, even though outside it was absolutely freezing and windy.

Elisabeth (Erzsebet) square - Danubius fountain. Square was named after Sisi, wife of Habsburg emperor Franz Joseph. The fountain symbolizes the rivers of Hungary.

Szent István-bazilika. The church is named after St. Stephen I - the first king of Hungary. You can go up to the dome (which I didn't) by escalator or by climbing 364 stairs, for a supposedly great view of Budapest.