Budapest
Matt Visits Vienna, Prague and Berlin
Monday, December 19th, 2011
I was now half way through my itinerary, which had begun in Cologne before heading on to Munich and Budapest as described in my previous blog and, though I was looking forward to the prospect of visiting some new places, I was somewhat disappointed to be leaving Budapest and made a mental note to return at some point in the not too distant future.
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Matt Visits Cologne, Munich and Budapest
Friday, June 10th, 2011
Faced with the lengthy prospect of travel to the Czech Republic and Hungary by train, , I knew that I wanted to incorporate some stop offs en route, both to break my journey and to visit some new places to broaden my horizons.
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A Passage to Transylvania
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
I am quite certain that in some of my readers’ minds Transylvania exists somewhere in the mythological space rather than on the surface of the Earth. Yet for others, once they realise Transylvania actually exists, it turns into a place in which to trace the very material inspiration for legends such as Dracula and Countess Bathory.
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Taking the night train from Budapest to Bucharest
Monday, April 11th, 2011
The Railbooker recently sampled the night train EN473 with the name ISTER (the Latin name for the River Danube) between Budapest and Bucharest. This daily service leaves Budapest Keleti Station at 19.10 and arrives into Bucharest Gari du Nord at 11.38 the following morning.
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Corinthia Hotel, Budapest
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
Upon arriving at the Corinthia, it is immediately obvious that you have arrived at one of Hungary’s top hotels. Walking into the lobby you know that you are somewhere very special, somewhere with history, somewhere endowed with pure class.
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