Category Archives: Hungary

30 Remarkable Bridges From Around the World

What makes a bridge remarkable? Well in some cases, it is simply because it is famous, beautiful or unique. But in other cases it is due to the location, purpose, size or design. All of these bridges we have walked … Continue reading

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Recap – A trip around the world in pictures

On March 13th, we flew out of Los Angeles, with a change of planes in Beijing, which brought us to New Delhi, India. This was the starting point for our seven month around-the-world dream trip. Picking out a favorite or … Continue reading

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Going through a lock on a river boat

Monday April 21st – Danube River Lock Transit Going through the lock system on a river boat is quite interesting.  I took several pictures (because that is what I do (big grin)) to show the procedure.  It had started to … Continue reading

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The Sound of Music ~ A tour of our river boat

Sunday, April 20th, Danube River Cruise I have been looking forward to our river cruise for weeks.  We have only taken one other river cruise and that was about 5-6 years ago.  We went from Moscow to St. Petersburg.  I … Continue reading

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Saying viszontlátásra to Budapest and jó napot to our Danube Cruise

Sunday April 20, Budapest, Hungary ~ Happy Easter! The rest of our time in Budapest was pretty low-keyed.  We did a fair bit of walking on Citadel Hill which affords a magnificent view over the Danube.  It is also where you … Continue reading

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Budapest ~ Home of goulash, paprika and five UNESCO sites

Thursday April 17th, Budapest, Hungary We are starting to feel more and more like travelers and not just tourists.  Yesterday was a travel day flying on Ryan Air from Barcelona to Budapest.  We walked from our apartment in the Barri … Continue reading

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