I recently stayed in Budapest for a few days - one of the most hyped cities in Europe. You probably have seen pictures of the giant parliament building or might have heard of the thermal spring baths in Hungary (Budapest has about 10% of them). Question is: Is it worth seeing? Let’s start from the beginning. How to get from the airport to the city center: To get from A to B is probably one of the most forward and easiest ways in Europe! Take bus # 100E (or alternatively 200E) from the terminal which will bring you right to Astoria M (That’s one of the metro stations in the city). The bus leaves every 10 minutes even on Sundays, take about 30 minutes and costs 2,500 Ft (= 6,50€). From there you can either walk to your accommodation or switch to the next metro, trolley or bus. As tourist the easiest way to get public transport tickets is to purchase them by machine/ by the bus driver with credit card directly or using the BudapestGo app. I personally preferred the later as I usually took...
If this is the first time you're reading my blog, you might not know that I wrote what I planned to take with on this trip (you can find the blog post here ) and how my trips to Ho Chi Minh City , Da Nang & surroundings, Ao Nang and Bangkok went. The people For both what surprised me the most was how different the people and the mentalities were. I have been in Japan a few years back and Japanese people are super shy towards foreigners (if they have to speak English) and their personalities are friendly but not overwhelming. Vietnamese people are definitely kind and from the several conversations I had, they are mostly thankful for tourists as they help to bring in money for the country- this might sound bad at first but consider that tourists have only been a regular thing for the last 20 years. Vietnam was hit hard after the Vietnam War (which they actually refer to the "American War") and the country itself is located mostly by the sea. In general, they get hit ...