Central Europe 2019/20

December 2019 En savoir plus

S’abonner Aperçu Calendrier Photos Partager

Plus récents d’abord

Central Europe 2019/20
1
Waving at Croatia
28 décembre 2019, Slovénie ⋅ ☀️ 3 °C
River is the border, hiiii, bye! And, important discovery, the seats slide out.
Voir la traduction
Voyageur All the better to stretch out on - 😋 F
28/12/2019Répondre
2 j’aime
Central Europe 2019/20
1
1
Hungry Kids of Hungary
28 décembre 2019, Hongrie ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
Arrived, died at cute tiny metro stations, died at cute tiny loft, ate stir-fry (oh the cravings we've had!), confirmed Budapest is grand.
Voir la traduction
Voyageur House slippers! - F
28/12/2019Répondre
Voyageur Ha! Took me a minute to work out you were in front of a mirror. Tiny place looks lovely - F
28/12/2019Répondre
Voyageuryou certainly seem to be having a wow of time. keep it up.
28/12/2019Répondre
2 j’aime
Central Europe 2019/20
1 1
The only place with no goulash
29 décembre 2019, Hongrie ⋅ ☀️ 1 °C
We got off to a little bit of a bumpy start with Budapest, one of those days where nothing goes right. I was excited for goulash, managed to go to the one place in the city probably that had run out, with the slowest service in the world, etc etc. But we had a Danube cruise to look forward to in the afternoon!En savoir plus
Voir la traduction
Voyageur Golly, there's some choice dishes there! - F 😳
31/12/2019Répondre
Voyageur Nice? - F
31/12/2019Répondre
1 j’aime
Central Europe 2019/20
1
1 1 1
Conquering the Danube
29 décembre 2019, Hongrie ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
River cruise, 10 euro, with a welcome drink - safe to say we were actively managing our expectations on this one, but it was great! Started at 4pm so we got to see the transition from day to dusk to dark, and how gorgeous the city is in each.En savoir plus
Voir la traduction
Voyageur Stunning! - F
31/12/2019Répondre
Voyageur 🧡
31/12/2019Répondre
Voyageur 🧡
31/12/2019Répondre
Voyageur This is beautiful- F
01/01/2020Répondre
1 j’aime
Central Europe 2019/20
1
Sunrise Szechenyi
30 décembre 2019, Hongrie ⋅ ☀️ -3 °C
A strategically early start this morning, arriving at Szechenyi baths at 7am in a bid to outrun the bulk of other tourists - it worked! The baths are the biggest in the city and very much plural - lots of different temperatures you're meant to cycle through.

When you go in, you get changed in a little cabin with a clever locking system so it can be used from both ends - it has two doors, you walk in one end, flip a plank over to jam both, and when you're ready, walk out the other. You put your stuff in a locker then have a shower, and go explore.

We gunned it for the two outdoor pools as we knew they'd be most likely to fill up later, and did our time in the indoor ones (full of locals, mainly old fat men) towards the end of our two hour stay.

No pictures of inside the pools because we left our phones in the lockers but it was a new experience for sure, particularly being in a steamy 38 degree pool in - 2 outside, walking on ice to get in. Loved it.En savoir plus
Voir la traduction
Voyageur I get the mental picture - F 👌😑
31/12/2019Répondre
VoyageurWas the idea to alternate between the two, a bit like a sauna? - F
31/12/2019Répondre
2 j’aime
Central Europe 2019/20
Central Market Hall
30 décembre 2019, Hongrie ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
We got to the market hall with about half an hour to go before closing but it was still pretty busy! The enormous building has one main floor where all the grocery type shopping goes on - so many butchers - and then a mezzanine level with souvenir type stuff on one side and cooked food vendors on the other.En savoir plus
Voir la traduction
VoyageurIt's huge! - F
31/12/2019Répondre
Voyageurits magnificant
01/01/2020Répondre
2 j’aime
Central Europe 2019/20
Szimpla Kert
30 décembre 2019, Hongrie ⋅ 🌙 -2 °C
I chose the original ruin bar and the coolest place ever as the meeting place for us and Lou, Seb, Seb's sister and their friend, which kicked off a brilliant night of bars and kebabs.
Voir la traduction
VoyageurLou is there! Wow - F 😁
31/12/2019Répondre
2 j’aime
Central Europe 2019/20
1
1 1
Good circuit on a Monday
30 décembre 2019, Hongrie ⋅ 🌙 -2 °C
More snaps of the pre-NYE night out on the circuit.
Voir la traduction
Voyageur This is a classic
31/12/2019Répondre
Voyageur Crazy decorating style - F
01/01/2020Répondre
Voyageur ..... for-ev-va.... 🧡 - F
01/01/2020Répondre
2 j’aime
Central Europe 2019/20
Vest gang
30 décembre 2019, Hongrie ⋅ 🌙 -2 °C
Louise was pretty amused by our matching vests, despite my protests that they are slightly different shades of grey. Haters gon hate.
Voir la traduction
2 j’aime
Central Europe 2019/20
1
1
Menza
31 décembre 2019, Hongrie ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C
A nice lunch! Rich barely able to contain himself.
Voir la traduction
VoyageurHappy new year to you both 🥳
31/12/2019Répondre
Voyageur Vegetable soup, it looks okay 😋 - F
01/01/2020Répondre
Voyageur Richard would have enjoy the second course by the looks - F
01/01/2020Répondre
VoyageurNice looking building, are you staying there? - F
01/01/2020Répondre
2 j’aime
Central Europe 2019/20
1 1
Afternoon walk
31 décembre 2019, Hongrie ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
VoyageurThere certainly are so many magnificant buildings.
01/01/2020Répondre
Voyageur Well he is famous 😉 - F
01/01/2020Répondre
Voyageur I've read about this monument. I imagine it would have been very moving. - 😕 F
01/01/2020Répondre
2 j’aime
Central Europe 2019/20
1 1
Hike up to the Citadella
31 décembre 2019, Hongrie ⋅ ⛅ 3 °C
Voyageur Singing carols! 😊 - F
01/01/2020Répondre
Voyageur Impressive 🧡
01/01/2020Répondre
VoyageurObviously up pretty high, looks lovely with all the lights! - F
01/01/2020Répondre
1 j’aime
Central Europe 2019/20
1 1 1
Happy New Year!
31 décembre 2019, Hongrie ⋅ 🌙 1 °C
VoyageurGreat photos with your friends 🥳
01/01/2020Répondre
Voyageur 🥳🧡 you guys! 😍
01/01/2020Répondre
Voyageur 🧡 - F
01/01/2020Répondre
Voyageur This takes me back to your Uni days 😊 - F
01/01/2020Répondre
2 j’aime
Central Europe 2019/20
1
1
Fake it til you pee
1 janvier 2020, Hongrie ⋅ 🌙 1 °C
We stood in the street for midnight on NYE, to be specific, outside a concert hall (pictured in daylight in the last shot).

The Hungarian approach to celebrating this seems to be either go and see a classical concert or sell any drunk bastard a truckload of fireworks and let them set them off, willy nilly, in the street, and bugger safety. Very entertaining but I'm sure someone has lost a finger.

At 12 the concert hall had intermission so the very fancy attendees could stream outside, champagne in hand, to watch the festivities. I took the opportunity to try to blend in and sneak inside to use the loo and have a poke around. Some ladies spoke quite a lot of friendly Hungarian to me in the toilet queue which I did my best to respond to confidently to so as not to blow my cover. Some well placed eyebrow raising and sympathetic nods got me through. I got asked to take my seat in the concert hall but decided not to push my luck. Success.En savoir plus
Voir la traduction
VoyageurFantastic work top notch
02/01/2020Répondre
Voyageur This is beautiful - F
02/01/2020Répondre
Voyageur Good job blending in, needs must 😍
02/01/2020Répondre
VoyageurWell done, very clever move!
02/01/2020Répondre
2 j’aime
Central Europe 2019/20
1
Szechenyi take 2
1 janvier 2020, Hongrie ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C
Lou and I stayed up all night with the aim to roll straight through to the baths at 6am, but just as we were about to leave (after 3 hours of dancing in the kitchen to stay awake, and everyone else dropping off, including Rich at 5am, succumbing to napping on the kitchen floor) a last minute google revealed they only opened at 11am on New Year's Day - foiled!! We kipped for a few hours then got our bath.En savoir plus
Voir la traduction
Voyageur Hi Louise 🧡 - F
01/01/2020Répondre
VoyageurI did a double take when I saw this, and then I saw the steam rising! Was it a nice as it looks? - F
01/01/2020Répondre
2 j’aime
Central Europe 2019/20
1
Vajdahunyad Castle
1 janvier 2020, Hongrie ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C
Voyageur I love a good castle - F
01/01/2020Répondre
2 j’aime
Central Europe 2019/20
1
Buda Chinese
1 janvier 2020, Hongrie ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
On our last night in Budapest we took a tram over the river to Buda, and had a really delicious meal at a Chinese restaurant - a solid open-on-1-January option. We pigged out on soup, dumplings, Kung Pao chicken and Szechwan beef, with an embarrassing amount of (non-alcoholic) drinks, for about $45 and it was fab. After dinner we met Lou, Seb, et. al. in a Scottish pub for a Guinness and a coffee, then said goodbye as they leave for Vienna in the morning and we're off to Bratislava in the afternoon!En savoir plus
Voir la traduction
Voyageur Nice gloves 😉 - F
02/01/2020Répondre
VoyageurSounds a good feed!
02/01/2020Répondre
3 j’aime
Central Europe 2019/20
1 1
Secret City Trails Bratislava
3 janvier 2020, Slovaquie ⋅ ☁️ -2 °C
Our second Secret City Trails experience and this time we placed 29th with a time of just over two hours, for which we are blaming the -2 temperature. It was also trickier than the other one and we were less familiar with the city but pah, excuses, we're fine with it, really. No, really, we are. Stop asking about it. Go away.En savoir plus
Voir la traduction
Voyageur Just love these tower gate things! This is a beauty 😍 - F
03/01/2020Répondre
Voyageur Lovely 😊🧡
03/01/2020Répondre
VoyageurGood job on the challenge! Isn't the colour of the buildings beautiful -F
03/01/2020Répondre
2 j’aime
Central Europe 2019/20
2
1
FACH that's good
3 janvier 2020, Slovaquie ⋅ ☁️ -2 °C
Quick post to memorialise the delicious 'lemonade' in the far right of this picture - sea buckthorn, earl grey, and rosemary flavour, and DELICIOUS. Duck soup and bread and butter great too, at Fach Bistro in chilly, pretty Bratislava.En savoir plus
Voir la traduction
Voyageur Cosy and nice - F
03/01/2020Répondre
Voyageur How’s their bread? - F
03/01/2020Répondre
VoyageurSounds interesting for lemonade, never heard of the buckthorn stuff - F
03/01/2020Répondre
Voyageur Delish, and the butter too!
04/01/2020Répondre
2 j’aime
Central Europe 2019/20
3
Fife, Andy and Andy
3 janvier 2020, Slovaquie ⋅ ☁️ -2 °C
At Baudelaire bar, which, quietly, I chose, and was well timed defrosting, Rich discovered an excellent drink so we've nicked the recipe and intend to recreate it, with raspberry instead of mango as that's what they did now, to his delight.

We've just booked a post-communist tour for tomorrow using the Christmas money Mark gave us (and Jo - I bought a lovely cashmere scarf today, finally, thank you!!), so looking forward to that, hurrah.

Not that we're big on chatting to people at the best of times, but we ended up talking to a gorgeous Irish couple, Andrietta and Andy, at Baudelaire for about an hour, and could have stayed longer - they've got kids about our age and we ended up swapping emails in case we ever visit each other's countries and need some tips.En savoir plus
Voir la traduction
VoyageurCashmere scarf sounds lovely 😊
03/01/2020Répondre
Voyageur Is that a special drinking vessel for the raspberry drink? Love the look of those leather chairs - F
03/01/2020Répondre
Voyageur Yes we couldn't work out why it was in the special cup but oh well haha
04/01/2020Répondre
Voyageur Would have made a good souvenir!
04/01/2020Répondre
2 j’aime
Central Europe 2019/20
2
#1 Slovak Pub
3 janvier 2020, Slovaquie ⋅ ☁️ -2 °C
Dinner of assorted meats, and sheep's cheese pierogi at 1. Slovak Pub, the biggest in Bratislava and allegedly #23 best in the world. It has 9 rooms and can seat over 600 people! Food was very nice, especially the crispy bits of bacon fat on the dumplings mmm.En savoir plus
Voir la traduction
VoyageurDumplings yum
03/01/2020Répondre
Voyageur Haha, where did you start? 😀 - F
03/01/2020Répondre
Voyageur Darted all over the place haha
04/01/2020Répondre
3 j’aime
Central Europe 2019/20
1
Possonium
3 janvier 2020, Slovaquie ⋅ ☁️ -2 °C
Our apartment for the next two nights which we were very pleased with until the bongo jam sesh upstairs started and now we are less pleased. Lord let it stop soon.
Voir la traduction
VoyageurOh no 😱
03/01/2020Répondre
Voyageur I got to like the - two doona thing. I could kick mine off whenever and it didn’t leave Steve cold and exposed. - F
03/01/2020Répondre
2 j’aime
Central Europe 2019/20
Post-Communist Tour
4 janvier 2020, Slovaquie ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
Got in a man's old, rusty van with strangers.

Was a great tour. Got the rundown of Slovakian history from the occupation in WWII, liberation by the USSR, and the subsequent communist Czechoslovakia up until 1989.

Highlights: the old radio/tv building (upside-down pyramid), memorial to Soviet soldiers that liberated Slovakia (mass graves and monument), and the Iron Curtain and remaining outpost bunkers.En savoir plus
Voir la traduction
VoyageurThis would have been very interesting. I don’t know much about their history - F
04/01/2020Répondre
2 j’aime
Central Europe 2019/20
Tour cont.
4 janvier 2020, Slovaquie ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
We joined two other couples for the tour, one from the Gold Coast and one from the Netherlands. Our guide was born in Bratislava in 1990, and says this means when his parents were attending the revolution marches, his mother was pregnant with him, so in a way, he was there too. He was very sweet and the tea spiked with Grand Mariner and soviet wafers he produced at the hill monument was perfectly timed as there's certainly no heater in that van!En savoir plus
Voir la traduction
2 j’aime
Central Europe 2019/20
4
Bratislavský Meštiansky Pivovar
4 janvier 2020, Slovaquie ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
Quality Slovak pub with a mix of cuisine from Slovakia, Czechia, Austria, and Hungary.

Moravian Sparrow for me (it's actually roast pork and potato dumplings) and a farmer's plate for Lex.
Voir la traduction
Voyageur Ploughman's looks TOP
04/01/2020Répondre
Voyageur It WAS. Note the crackling spread??!
04/01/2020Répondre
Voyageur Geez louise
04/01/2020Répondre
2 commentaires en plus
2 j’aime

En charger plus