Thursday, July 21, 2011

Beard

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Since someone decided to mock the beard I grew during our trip to Europe on their blog, I decided to devote a post to it on mine.   My mother may or may not have been right that it was a pretty wimpy beard, but that doesn't mean I can't try.  Any man who tries to grow a beard...

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

People

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After all the incredible sights we saw, I think that our favorite part of the trip was visiting with all of the different people, many of whom are very dear friends to me and I believe became good friends to Sarah (despite the language barrier and having a spotty translator at best - since he would...

Profile Picture

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For those of you who don't know, before this trip I had only had one Facebook profile picture.  I decided that should probably be updated since I got married and all, so I thought since we were in the neighborhood, we should take a picture with both me and Sarah in front of the Buda Castle. Me...

János Hegy

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Before we left Budapest, we took a bus to János Hegy and then hiked to the lookout there to get some wonderful views of Budapest. Me in front of the Érzsébet lookout at János Hegy Me and Sarah at the top of János Hegy Hungarian flag, Sarah, Me. View of Budapest from János H...

Great Market

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The Great Market (Vásárcsarnok) in Budapest is a huge marketplace, with the top floor being full of Hungarian souvenir shops and the bottom full of fresh produce.  It's quite the site and haggling with Hungarians over the price of your souvenirs is also fun too. Sarah in the Great Market The...

Roman Ruins

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Our first day in Hungary, we drove past some Roman ruins with Feri and his family on our way to Szentendre, Visegrád, and Esztergom.  Sarah asked what those ruins were and I casually mentioned that they were Roman ruins (like who hasn't seen Roman ruins before).  She drew...

Sights around Budapest

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Here are a couple random sights around Budapest:   The Tree of Life - Holocaust Memorial at the Jewish Synagogue. Each leaf on this metal tree has a name of a Holocaust victim.   Sarah with a confused elephant.   Sarah with the Hungarian crown jewels in the Parliam...

Breakfast in Budapest

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In our effort to save money (which we failed pretty badly at - see transportation fine for one), we tried to find a rather inexpensive breakfast option, but still have a European experience. Our solution was yogurt, eaten with what are called "JóReggelt"s (literally "Good Morning),...

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Best Friend

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Despite the fact that it was raining during our last night in Budapest, Sarah and I decided that we wanted to go check out theVárosliget (City Park) and the Vajdahunyad Castle that's inside of it.  As we got off the metro in the rain, we're were the only ones around in the park.  (This could have been due to the fact that it was dark, or that it was raining or both.) We walked over...

Városliget

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Our last night in Budapest we went and visited Városliget (City Park), which is located right behind Hero's Square, and which has a nice castle.  Despite the fact that it was raining, I was able to get a few pictures of the castle.  Also, there is a statue to Anonymous, the first author...

Travel in Budapest

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We had more than our fair share of adventures when it came to transportation in Budapest.  We took a train from Tatabánya to Budapest, scoring ourselves the student discount (50% off) without any problems.  If there's one thing we learned about laws in Hungary, it is that it depends.  What...

Széchenyi Baths

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One of the places that we heard that was a "must see" was the Széchenyi Baths in Budapest.  Of course they were overpriced, but it was still quite the experience.  We were there for about two hours and I don't think we spent more than ten minutes in one pool, most of them less than that....