Our trip to Budapest included a few memorable excursions out of the city and into the countryside. The most bizarre of these was taking the Children's Railway (Gyermekvasút) to the Elizabeth Lookout (Erzsébet-kilátó) at János-hegy - the highest hill in Budapest. This was probably the craziest thing I saw in Hungary, and definitely the closest I … Continue reading Elindulna a város
Category: Being a tourist
Ahol laktunk
I know this blog is supposed to be about Denmark, but I am not quite done with Hungary yet so bear with me. The place we stayed in Budapest deserves a mention for its self proclaimed 'very special atmosphere'. If you ever want to live out some kind of Miss Havisham role play in once opulent but increasingly derelict … Continue reading Ahol laktunk
Smaragdváros
Ahhh, I forgot to find a place for this! Oh well, it can have its own post. While we were visiting the castle it became apparent they were filming a movie/tv show. We were tipped off by the presence of smoke machines and these guys: From our investigations (i.e. looking at some signs around the … Continue reading Smaragdváros
Szabadidő Budapesten
From my first post you'd have got the impression that Budapest is all about grand architecture and manly statues. Which it is. But it also has a deserved reputation for leisure activities and partying - truly, it is competing with Tallinn to be the city that launched 1000 British bucks parties. Firstly, the overwhelming impression … Continue reading Szabadidő Budapesten
A kiruccanás Magyarország
Surprise! This post is not about IKEA or our pitiful first-world moving struggles, or even about the garbage collection area of our building* (sorry to disappoint). It's about what we got up to on our Easter holidays - thanks Jebus! The Danes celebrate Easter in a very Danish way - by giving everyone five days off … Continue reading A kiruccanás Magyarország
Flere havfruer
Hej venner! In a previous post, Carla hinted at the existence of some other mermaid statues around Copenhagen, but claimed her journalistic integrity would not allow her to dignify them by including photos. Luckily I shed all vestiges of integrity a long way back so here are the pics! This first one looks like the sort of … Continue reading Flere havfruer
Kongens Have
Before we even had the keys to our new place we panicked about living without a couch, so went out and found a suitably Scando one. You can learn all about this magical experience by watching this video that I got sent today. It's really up there as being one of the strangest things I've ever received. Enjoy. … Continue reading Kongens Have
Fastelavn på Christianshavn
Our weekend of loosely structured house hunting happened to coincide with Fastelavn. It is a religious festival in Scandinavia that has its origins in Carnival and Lent - sadly my complete lack of religious education* prevents me from shedding any more light on the matter than that. We were, however, filled with born again religious fervor to celebrate Fastelavn when we … Continue reading Fastelavn på Christianshavn
Hus jagt og sightseeing
On our (well, my) first full weekend in København we were thrown into the deep end of house hunting. Turns out it's impossible to decide where you want to live if you haven't been anywhere except your immediate neighbourhood, so we spent the whole weekend wandering to every far flung house on our list of potential places. It ended … Continue reading Hus jagt og sightseeing
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