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Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 2:15 PM
⛅ 24 °C
Altitude: 109 m
Hungary Gellért Hill 47.491533, 19.04916147°29’30” N 19°2’57” E
The streets of Budapest
September 6, 2018 in Hungary ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
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Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 3:00 PM
⛅ 25 °C
Altitude: 111 m
Hungary Vörösmarty tér 47.498425, 19.05002447°29’54” N 19°3’0” E
Budapest Eye
September 6, 2018 in Hungary ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
This new Ferris Wheel opened on Erzsébet Square in mid-march 2017. Not as big as many other “Eyes”, it does have a magnificent 360 view of the city from the top.
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Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 6:30 PM
⛅ 22 °C
Altitude: 108 m
Hungary Budapest Castle Hill Funicular 47.49802, 19.04035847°29’53” N 19°2’25” E
To the Chain Link Bridge
September 6, 2018 in Hungary ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
The Castle Hill Tunnel is always congested and very smoggy because it has no ventilation. A single lane each way with a risky pedestrian access as well if you can stand the choking fumes. This evening it is almost a car park, it is so busy with the evening traffic on the Chain Bridge.Read more
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Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 8:00 PM
⛅ 19 °C
Altitude: 92 m
Hungary Budapest 47.501975, 19.04301847°30’7” N 19°2’35” E
Danube Evening Cruise 1
September 6, 2018 in Hungary ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
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Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 8:14 PM
⛅ 18 °C
Altitude: 88 m
Hungary Tabán 47.495025, 19.04430447°29’42” N 19°2’39” E
Danube Evening Cruise 2
September 6, 2018 in Hungary ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
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Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 8:15 PM
⛅ 18 °C
Altitude: 96 m
Hungary Vörösmarty tér 47.494375, 19.04663947°29’40” N 19°2’48” E
Danube Evening Cruise 3
September 6, 2018 in Hungary ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
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Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 8:16 PM
⛅ 18 °C
Altitude: 109 m
Hungary Budapest 47.49804, 19.04378947°29’53” N 19°2’38” E
Danube Evening Cruise 4
September 6, 2018 in Hungary ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
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Friday, September 7, 2018 at 9:45 AM
⛅ 20 °C
Altitude: 102 m
Hungary Margit-sziget 47.52174, 19.03819547°31’18” N 19°2’18” E
Budapest - a potted history
September 7, 2018 in Hungary ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Budapest was mostly built in the mid 19th century.
Two million people live here, thats 1 in every 5 persons in Hungary live in Budapest. Most live in apartments. Many are very basic. We pass by Russian designed block apartments....block units which are stacked together to form a high-rise building. They are not insulated which makes them very hot or very cold. Gradually they are being given "skins" which improve their appearance and insulation. Most of these were built during communist period. The biggest residential building is one of these and holds 3,000 people. It's called the village.
We pass by the Roman ruins of the city and aquaduct. This was the edge of the Roman Empire. Archaeologists are working on this area.
1989 was a turning point with capitalism and privatisation coming to Hungary. The average salary is a mere €700 per month after tax. Tax is 47% - education is free, pension is available, health's mostly free, unemployment is only 3%.
The biggest industries in Hungary are - Car Manufacturing, IT, Agriculture, Tourism,
Hungary is part of the EU but currency is not euro. The local currency is the Florent and it is worth approximately 300 Florent equal €1.Read more
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Friday, September 7, 2018 at 10:00 AM
⛅ 21 °C
Altitude: 189 m
Hungary Izbég 47.692269, 19.04541147°41’32” N 19°2’43” E
Skanzen
September 7, 2018 in Hungary ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Skanzen comes from a Finnish word for an open air museum using original buildings. It has been open for 50 years and occupies 60 hectares of land. Traditional homes and buildings from all parts of Hungary are disassembled and reassembled to provide a living history of the Hungarian culture over time. Most of the furniture and fittings included in the displays are also historical artefacts or replicas.
At the Inn, there is a cooking class happening. They are learning to make goulash soup, a traditional Hungarian dish.Read more
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Friday, September 7, 2018 at 10:10 AM
⛅ 21 °C
Altitude: 151 m
Hungary Izbég 47.685506, 19.05975347°41’8” N 19°3’35” E
Skanzen: Upper-Tisza 1
September 7, 2018 in Hungary ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
The Upper Tisza zone shows a rural environment but also shows the differences between a farm worker's home and an aristocratic home, their outbuildings and farms.
This page shows the poorer farmer's home and property.Read more
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Friday, September 7, 2018 at 10:27 AM
⛅ 21 °C
Altitude: 136 m
Hungary Budapest-Déli Pályaudvar 47.498723, 19.02751847°29’55” N 19°1’39” E
Skanzen: Upper-Tisza 2
September 7, 2018 in Hungary ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
The aristocratic farmer's home and property even has a cobbled roadway, unlike the dirt for the poorer farmer.
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Friday, September 7, 2018 at 10:45 AM
⛅ 22 °C
Altitude: 136 m
Hungary Budapest-Déli Pályaudvar 47.498747, 19.02757547°29’55” N 19°1’39” E
Skanzen: Upper-Tisza 3
September 7, 2018 in Hungary ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
The farming community had several common properties which included the church and belfry. The church was basic but with intricate painted surfaces, mainly in green and red. The barn was large and open on both ends. The cemetery had carved wooden headstones.Read more
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Friday, September 7, 2018 at 11:00 AM
⛅ 22 °C
Altitude: 189 m
Hungary Izbég 47.692269, 19.04541147°41’32” N 19°2’43” E
Skanzen: Market Town 1
September 7, 2018 in Hungary ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
The Upper Market town comprised dwellings and business establishments from Tokaj, larger buildings from craftsmen; and the Jewish store and house.
The Jewish store and house had many traditional Jewish artefacts, displayed the customs and traditions of the Jews.Read more
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Friday, September 7, 2018 at 11:20 AM
⛅ 22 °C
Altitude: 136 m
Hungary Budapest-Déli Pályaudvar 47.498747, 19.02757547°29’55” N 19°1’39” E
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Skanzen: Market Town 2
September 7, 2018 in Hungary ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
The houses show a variety of businesses that operated from the same premises and serviced the townspeople.
Traveler The Tokaj street of houses
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Traveler The productive garden of the Merchant's home.
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Traveler Inside the winemaker's house.
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Friday, September 7, 2018 at 11:30 AM
⛅ 22 °C
Altitude: 136 m
Hungary Budapest-Déli Pályaudvar 47.498747, 19.02757547°29’55” N 19°1’39” E
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Skanzen: Market Town 3
September 7, 2018 in Hungary ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Traveler Making the shoes
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Traveler The store
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Friday, September 7, 2018 at 11:50 AM
⛅ 23 °C
Altitude: 136 m
Hungary Budapest-Déli Pályaudvar 47.498747, 19.02757547°29’55” N 19°1’39” E
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Skanzen: Market Town 4
September 7, 2018 in Hungary ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Traveler The tithing house which also doubled as the execution house.
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Traveler The rear of the Tithing House
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Traveler Grapevines and wall detail in the winemakers yard.
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Friday, September 7, 2018 at 1:30 PM
⛅ 24 °C
Altitude: 129 m
Hungary Szentendre 47.679534, 19.0668647°40’46” N 19°4’1” E
Szentendre
September 7, 2018 in Hungary ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Szentendre is on the Danube River. It’s known for its baroque architecture, churches, colorful houses and narrow, cobbled streets. The main square, Fő Tér, and the alleyways around it are lined with art galleries, museums and shops.
Szentendre has been the home of many generations of Hungarian artists since the early 20th century.Read more
I remember this lovely little village on the river. Touristy but we'll
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Friday, September 7, 2018 at 1:31 PM
⛅ 24 °C
Altitude: 129 m
Hungary Szentendre 47.679534, 19.0668647°40’46” N 19°4’1” E
Szentendre snapshots
September 7, 2018 in Hungary ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
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Friday, September 7, 2018 at 1:32 PM
⛅ 24 °C
Altitude: 129 m
Hungary Szentendre 47.679534, 19.0668647°40’46” N 19°4’1” E
Quirky Szentendre
September 7, 2018 in Hungary ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
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Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 9:30 AM
🌬 20 °C
Altitude: 109 m
Austria Nickelsdorf 47.918993, 17.10523147°55’8” N 17°6’19” E
Austria
September 8, 2018 in Austria ⋅ 🌬 20 °C
Two thirds of Austria is flat around the Danube, 1/3 is the Austrian alps.
The population is around 8.5 million.
Austrians are very environmentally aware...lots of wind farms, wildlife bridges, protected areas, recycling, no nuclear power, hydro power n the alps.
Food production is high quality.
The language is German but there are many different dialects.
There is a coffee and cake culture that we are keen to tryout.Read more
TravelerCoffe and Cake - My kind of culture :)
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Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 1:00 PM
⛅ 22 °C
Altitude: 221 m
Austria Baden bei Wien 47.999568, 16.23591947°59’58” N 16°14’9” E
Baden Bei Wien
September 8, 2018 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Baden Bei Wien is on the edge of the Viennese Woods. It was here that Ludwig van Beethoven completed the 9th Symphony in the summers of 1821,1822 and 1823. The house he stayed in is in the central part of the village.Read more
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Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 1:05 PM
⛅ 22 °C
Altitude: 226 m
Austria Baden bei Wien 48.00214, 16.2309148°0’8” N 16°13’51” E
Baden Bei Wien
September 8, 2018 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
The town is a picture postcard. Narrow pedestrian streets, colourful buildings and so typically Austrian.
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Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 1:59 PM
⛅ 22 °C
Altitude: 310 m
Austria Kirchenwald 48.045071, 16.09663248°2’42” N 16°5’48” E
Mayerling
September 8, 2018 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
This is the site of Crown Prince Rudolph’s suicide. He was the 30 year old son of the Hapsburg Emperor.
Rudolph married Stephanie and a daughter, Elisabeth, was born in 1883. They grew apart. In 1888, Rudolph met 17 year old Baroness Mary Vetsera who madly adored him and became his mistress. She was prepared to die for him.
In the hunting lodge at Mayerling, they made a murder-suicide pact in 1889. This is the site of the hunting lodge, the church built and a small museum around the incident.
Crown Prince Rudolph was buried as a Catholic, but Mary was buried 4 times as the authorities tried to hush up the incident. Her final coffin is on display and it has been looted and damaged.Read more
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Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 2:00 PM
⛅ 22 °C
Altitude: 310 m
Austria Kirchenwald 48.045013, 16.09665248°2’42” N 16°5’48” E
Mayerling - the Hunting Lodge
September 8, 2018 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
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Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 3:00 PM
⛅ 22 °C
Altitude: 317 m
Austria Kleiner Bodenberg 48.056534, 16.12939648°3’24” N 16°7’46” E
Heiligenkreuz
September 8, 2018 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Heiligenkreuz is the site of the 2nd oldest Cistercian Abbey in the world and the oldest one still operating. Founded in 1133, it is a solid structure that is ornate and very decorative. Beautifully maintained grounds are found here.Read more
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