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At one with the animals

21 Saturday Jan 2017

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At one with the animals

What a cute place to sit and relax! Spotted this in a park in Budapest, when I visited there in September 2015.

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Hungarian Parliament

03 Thursday Dec 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in Budapest, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Parliament

Here’s a view of the Hungarian Parliament building in Budapest, as seen from the Chain Bridge this past September.

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Optics

04 Wednesday Nov 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Budapest, Hungary, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban

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Optics

This is one example of the fantastic wall art you can find in Budapest.

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Night trains in Budapest

31 Saturday Oct 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in Budapest, Hungary, photography, Travel

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Euronight

This is a sight you haven’t seen in Budapest-Keleti since September: A Euronight train waiting for passengers to board.
Indeed, my visit there coincided with a brief period when international rail services were running as normal despite the migrant/refugee crisis.
There continue to be some disruptions because of temporary border controls relating to the flow of migrants; do check with your operator — and alternatively, see this list of service disruptions from Eurail — if you had planned to use rail services in this region.
If you are in Budapest and need help, the international ticket office on the ground floor (near the taxi stand entrance) is the better option. The domestic ticket office on the lower floor doesn’t always have staff on duty who are able to speak English.
Although the Eurail link above refers to a business lounge at Budapest-Keleti doubling as an aid office for Eurail ticket/pass-holders, that part of the station was under renovation, with the lounge out of service as of September. Perhaps the situation has changed since then but do be aware of this possibility anyway.

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It pays to look up …

28 Wednesday Oct 2015

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Gobbling real-estate

… because once in a while, you see something like this, in the windows of an apartment block in Budapest.

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Playing with puppy

23 Friday Oct 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Budapest, Hungary, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban

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Playtime

There’s a lot of serious art in modern Europe commemorating very serious events in its history. Once in a while, however, you come across something like this statue along the Danube River in Budapest: It’s just plain whimsical, celebrating the joys of everyday living.
Happy Friday.

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Chains of history

21 Wednesday Oct 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in admin, Budapest, history, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban

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Chains of history

This is part of a memorial in Budapest related to the Cold War.

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Hungarian on the fly!

17 Saturday Oct 2015

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Got the message

My Hungarian is only as good as what I could glean from the back pages of a travel guidebook … and I can’t speak to how good my accent is … but with a handy-dandy sign like this, who needs words? 🙂
Spotted along Andrassy Ut in Budapest back in September.

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Budapest Market Hall

14 Wednesday Oct 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in Budapest, food, Hungary, photography, photowalk, Travel, urban

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Market Hall

Here’s a view of the Market Hall in Budapest, inside and out.

Fresh offerings

Happily preserved

Oh, honey!

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Castle Hill at sunset

09 Friday Oct 2015

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Sunset over Buda

It was very fortunate the setting sun and clouds were doing what they did behind the royal palace in Buda as I was getting ready to snap this photo.

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