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Globetrotter
Nov 30, 2008
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Gyor has a great Baroque cathedral situated on the back side of the castle hill. It looks quite small and not especially interesting on the outside but after I entered it I was amazed by all those...
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Globetrotter
Nov 30, 2008
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Gyor is a nice town in Western Hungary on the crossing of the rivers Raba and Moson-Danube, very close to the border with Slovakia and up to now the nicest Hungarian city I have seen. The name of...
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The nightlife scene in Budapest can be a bit trial-and-error.
Fortunately there's Old Man's Pub. The perfect mix of local, ex-pat,
and tourist, the multi-level club offers an...
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On the other side of the spectrum from St. Stephen's (figuratively and
physically, Stephen's is in Pest while Matthias is in Buda), Matthias
Church (Mátyás Templom) is a living...
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One of the reasons why I love Budapest so much is because of the
city's multi-layered history. It has been under the control of Turks,
Hapsburgs, Communists, and Nazis (to name but a...
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Travel light if you're going to Caterina Hostel. Perched three flights
up a rather large marble staircase within an apartment building, there
are no elevators. However, it's a great...
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Globetrotter
Oct 31, 2008
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Sopron is a nice Hungarian town very close to the border with Austria. Actually it is much easier to reach Sopron from Austria, than from Hungary. Sopron has a very well preserved old core whose...
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Globetrotter
Oct 31, 2008
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Komarom is an ugly town in Hungary on the right bank of the Danube across the Slovakian town Komarno. The old part of the town was on the right bank of the river and is currently in Slovakia and...
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Globetrotter
Oct 31, 2008
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Mosonmagyarovar is a small Hungarian city very close to the border with Austria and the Slovakian capital Bratislava. It consists of two parts – Moson and Magyarovar, that were united in the...
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This is another one of those places that does semi-Arab, semi-Persian food at a decent quality, but then feels the need to make it "more interesting" with the addition of a belly dancer. Why do...
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It is rare enough to have any kind of seafood restaurant at all in this part of the world, but even more rare that the quality is worth remarking upon. Ocean is one of those places that defies...
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We were told that "everyone eats at Menza at least once," so we made the effort to go, and ended up going back three more times. The food is really that good, and it's so incredibly cheap. We...
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This place has fantastic Chinese cuisine, with an emphasis on noodles and soup bowls. They do have a wide variety of other dishes as well, and you can pretty much get any favourite that you're...
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Some of our friends said this was the best sushi restaurant in town, so we took their advice and went, and we were definitely not disappointed. I was surprised that sushi has caught on so much in...
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Budapest is actually spoiled for good French restaurants, so in order to keep up, any one particular restaurant must keep their standards pretty high. Lou Lou is just about average across the...
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