Budapest - May 4th - 7th 2004

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took an overnight train to bucharest. Cost for a 1st class overnight sleeper was only 5891 huf or £16. Very little difference to 2nd class except the power worked and there was a shower in the toilet.
Night Train1.JPG Night Train2.JPG Night Train3.JPG
Keleti Train Station.JPG
Keleti Train Station.JPG
Heroes Square.JPG
Heroes Square.JPG
John Heroes Square.JPG
John Heroes Square.JPG
Me Castle Beer.JPG
Me Castle Beer.JPG
Me Castle.JPG
Me Castle.JPG
John Castle.JPG
John Castle.JPG
Arty Cloud Shot.JPG
Arty Cloud Shot.JPG
Wire Bridge.JPG
Wire Bridge.JPG
Wire Bridge City.JPG
Wire Bridge City.JPG
Parliament Building.JPG
Parliament Building.JPG
Fountain.JPG
Fountain.JPG
Matthias Church.JPG
Matthias Church.JPG
Me Danube Parliament.JPG
Me Danube Parliament.JPG
Parliament.JPG
Parliament.JPG
Margaret Island.JPG
Margaret Island.JPG
St Gellert Area.JPG
St Gellert Area.JPG
Independence Monument Elizabeth Bridge.JPG
Independence Monument Elizabeth Bridge.JPG
War.JPG
War.JPG
House on Andrassy ut.JPG
House on Andrassy ut.JPG
Porsche Heroes Square.JPG
Porsche Heroes Square.JPG
me Heroes Square.jpg
me Heroes Square.jpg
Holocaust.JPG
Holocaust.JPG
Heroes Sq.JPG
Heroes Sq.JPG
Castle in Heroes Park.jpg
Castle in Heroes Park.jpg
Andrassy Ut.JPG
Andrassy Ut.JPG
National State Opera House.JPG
National State Opera House.JPG
St Stephens Basilica.jpg
St Stephens Basilica.jpg
Castle.JPG
Castle.JPG
Castle Area Chain Bridge.JPG
Castle Area Chain Bridge.JPG
St Gellert Statue.JPG
St Gellert Statue.JPG
Columbus Irish Bar.jpg
Columbus Irish Bar.jpg
Roosevelt Sq Building.jpg
Roosevelt Sq Building.jpg
Eagle Statue.JPG
Eagle Statue.JPG
Hunting Party.JPG
Hunting Party.JPG
Gate.jpg
Gate.jpg
Statue.JPG
Statue.JPG
St Stephen Statue.jpg
St Stephen Statue.jpg
Capuchin Church Parliament.jpg
Capuchin Church Parliament.jpg
Delegation Burg Hotel.JPG
Delegation Burg Hotel.JPG
Gallert Hill.JPG
Gallert Hill.JPG
Matthias Church and Hotel.JPG
Matthias Church and Hotel.JPG
Margaret Bridge Statue.JPG
Margaret Bridge Statue.JPG
Independence Monument.JPG
Independence Monument.JPG
Fire Brigade In Action.JPG
Fire Brigade In Action.JPG
Danube Parliament Margaret Island.jpg
Danube Parliament Margaret Island.jpg
Sculpture Fountain.JPG
Sculpture Fountain.JPG
Fountain1.JPG
Fountain1.JPG
Fountain2.JPG
Fountain2.JPG
Fountain3.JPG
Fountain3.JPG
Fountain4.JPG
Fountain4.JPG
John Kaiser Dark Beer.JPG
John Kaiser Dark Beer.JPG
Margaret Island 2.jpg
Margaret Island 2.jpg
Deer.JPG
Deer.JPG
Building.JPG
Building.JPG
Hostel Marco Polo.JPG

Hostel Marco Polo is great :-) Friendly staff, great atmosphere and cheap beer! The location is pretty good too.
Lower Hill.jpg
Lower Hill.jpg
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Lower Hill2.JPG
Lower River.JPG
Lower River.JPG
Independence Monument Closeup.JPG
Independence Monument Closeup.JPG
River View.JPG
River View.JPG
Cannon Citadel.jpg
Cannon Citadel.jpg
River View2.JPG
River View2.JPG
St Gellert Closeup.jpg
St Gellert Closeup.jpg
St Gellert Waterfall.jpg
St Gellert Waterfall.jpg
Queen Elizabeth.jpg
Queen Elizabeth.jpg
Tiled Church.JPG
Tiled Church.JPG
St Gellerts Hotel.JPG
St Gellerts Hotel.JPG
Statue River.JPG
Statue River.JPG
 
Belgian Bars & Restaurants

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Henris Belgian Brasserie.jpg

Beer Choice Henri.JPG Hernri's belgian brasserie, bem rakpart 12 (buda side of river on the river front close to wire bridge). Much better! Nicer decor. Even better choice of beers with good explanations (i think, it was in hungarian!). The same Rochefort would have been only 750 huf i.e. Only 3/4 of the price of world beers. They have 4 of the 6 trappist beers and 7 belgian beers on tap inluding leffe bruin and blond and kriek. 2 pils but I forgive them! A.draft leffe blond Leffe blond (in the right glass)25cl was a very reasonable 380 huf or about 1 pound.
Mosselen Pannonia Utca.JPG
Mosselen Pannonia Utca.JPG
Mosselen beer choice.JPG
Mosselen beer choice.JPG

mosselen XIII pannonia 14
2nd best of the 3 but only just. Beer is more expensive than Henri and the decor is good but not as good as Henri. Leffe blond 25cl(in the right glass) on tap was huf 400. Rochefort 8 was huf 900. food selection was even better than Henri I think, especially if you love mussels! (hence the name). Www.mosselen.hu. It has a no smoking section :-)
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World Beer House Budapest Vaci Utca
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world beer house
 

Definitely the 3rd best of the bunch. Went to beer world on vaci utca. Staff were quick. reasonable choice but no belgian beers on tap. I paid 990 for a rochefort 8 in the correct glass. They gave me a pretzel which turned out not to be free (it cost only 230 huf but thats not the point). A service charge was added on bringing the total to 1500 approx!

 

 

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