Travel Guy Neal Edmar

Budapest

Buda and Pest

The word ‘Budapest’ came from the combined city of Buda and Pest. The two cities were united into a single city in the year 1873. The name ‘Buda’ comes from the name of its founder Buda, brother of the Hunnic ruler Attila. The name ‘Pest’ comes from the word “Pession”, a fortress during the Roman time.

They use the Hungarian florin

They speak Hungarian hard language to learn and understand do not worry part of the population will speak English

See the full video to learn more about the Hungarian language 



Use the link Learn the Top 25 Hungarian Phrases



The goods


Beautiful city and architecture 

 Visiting the parliament  book you visit here The official site 

2. The low-cost city you get a lot for your money,

3. Friendly people they not famous for smiling but they will help you.

4. The SPA culture The best to relax bathhouses

Gellert Baths site      the art nouveau 

Rudas Baths site       the Turkis ones 

Széchenyi Baths site  The largest 

Lake Hévíz   site a full thermal lake takes 2 hours by car from Budapest to get there 

5. Culture trip

Classical music Franz liszt

The folk music roma music

Muzsikás együttes - Nem úgy van most mint volt régen

Kalyi Jag- La Romnjasa

Kanizsa Csillagai - Ahuz, mama

6. The nightlife is very good to mention to the  ruin bares 





The Bads


Become a major tourist destination with overpriced restaurants and tacky souvenirs

and Hungarian is different language will not able to identify or even understand most of it.

2. Poverty and homeless treated badly. The actual government is trying to make homeless people illegal, intolerance is a problem.

3. There are scams restaurants the service is not great 

4. Girls invite you for drinks into an empty or sketchy looking bar

5. Use the official taxis or gonna be a ripoff  

See the site about https://www.budapestbylocals.com/safety-in-budapest.html

6 things that can ruin you travel

Just approach for a normal traveller that can ruin your travel this episode not talking about the pandemic but I will in future episodes.

Forgetting about your documents

This app for android will show you what visas do you need when visiting a country.

 The link for the Play Store.  World Traveller app 

I use the free version you do not have to pay for it.

The weather

Check the weather and seasons of the location that you want to go, sometimes can have good discounts in low seasons, just check if you are not booking in the hurricane season.

Expensive

Well your money how much can you stretch it, will approach how to save in money conversion, in a  future podcast.

Bad Food

Cuba the all-inclusive, the food is not great.

Traveller diarrhoea, take some medication with you,  Imodium (loperamide) the best, but be careful sometimes it can just delay a serious disease. If it does not stop, go to a doctor.

Noisy people or Environment

About the product, use earplugs and Laser Lit they are disposable but there are many types of earplugs reusable ones even.

I leave some links in this description.

Alinsea 60 Pairs Soft Foam Ear Plugs Amazon

 LASER LITE Earplugs WRAPPED eBay

The Active Noise-cancelling headphones Bluetooth for commuting or annoying neighbours. 

Sony WH-1000XM3   the best that you can buy get optimal performance but very expensive

Mpow H12 this is upgraded version they look different but are stronger and lighter.

At the moment they have a  promotion with 15 pounds of discount so they are very cheap, just have a look.

So noise can ruin your travelling yes but with simple strategies,

 You can save your noise pollution with ANC headphones or save your sleep with the same earplugs and face mask.

 Do not let noise ruin your holidays.

Uncomfortable beds

Reading reviews before booking a place can give important clues, remember there are cultural differences in beds, America big beds, Europe medium beds, Japan small beds.

Prague castle the largest castle, dancing house

The food meat sauces and can find this guy youtube channel has the cheapest things to do  in Prague https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp75cozs4is one my favourites places and good beer

You can walk around the place and make it accessible to take 20 minutes

Get to Vyšehrad: is cheaper restaurants parks even Catedral

Culture is a thing in Prague many interesting museums  National Museum (Národní muzeum), the Museum of the Capital City of Prague, the Jewish Museum in Prague, the Alfons Mucha Museum,


Mentions

The Christmas Markets

The woodland called Divoká Šárka

The hates


To much tourists

Overpriced having account the country tourist places prices can be

Pickpockets, exchange money in the street and they give Belorussian rubles, or even exchange places are horrible rates getting you half of the money

The drunken tourist that can be aggressive and problematic those called in Stagg parties and they come from other European countries


The place you should visit to have more information is YouTuber honest Guide he has the goods the bad and the scams on this Chanel https://www.youtube.com/honestguide

This was the first trip that I did with my actual wife and we spend a week in there.

The warm weather Malaga belongs to the Costa del sol 320 days of sun all year good place to be.

The castle of Gibralfaro build in 929 AD in the top of the mount and have Alcazaba that was build in the early 11 century is a representation of beautiful Arabic art and many years that south of Spain was under Moorish rule.

You can go up the hill and gives a good view of the city, great sunset and night lights view it is free to visit both places from 2 pm to 8 pm.

Note by Madonna "if a guy likes you, you need to take advantage on the first week"

There is art all over the city, statues, painting, Murals, it was the birthplace of Picasso and have the house that he was born, but that it is just house where he was born.

The food in the city you have EL PIMPI, not he cheapest but offer very interesting dishes like la fritada many fry fishes price around 25 euros enough for 3 people ask same Aleoli (garlic mayonnaise sauce ) and lemon with some beer in the hot day tastes great.

Go to Frigiliana a small white village Frigiliana Images Google we had the best paella rice in the plaza de las tres cultures there is a group of restaurants in there.

Playa de Maro in the region Nerja clear water with white sand and a great view.

Malaga is close to other places go to Frigiliana, Caminito del Rey, Ronda even if you have the patient to drive can do a day trip to Seville

The bad

Parking is a problem in the city most of the places are paid, I was able to find free parking on AV. De Jorge Silvela next to the dry river, there is some residential houses and empty spaces to park the car not paid. It does not mean things change in the last year.

The English guide in Caminito Del Rey he was able to speak English or Spanish was a mess, any way to go there book in advance and reserve tickets with no guide is cheaper.

Google maps after Caminito del Rey send me to the middle of the mountain on a dirt road with obstacles. It was the shortest way but the worst road ever.

Rent house we use Airbnb was nice apartment very simple way cheaper than the hotels in the city. Use the link to book Airbnb to get a discount on your first trip.

When you visit the Barcelona cathedral you will see 13 geese in the courtyard, it is related to the saint of the city, Saint Eulalia.

Her tomb is located on the cathedral and you can see it, just try not to look inside you will get in serious troubles.

The 13 is related to the age of death that this martyred saint and can see references on the structure of the building, like the door of entry.

Now why the geese I do not know really why this particular animal is kept inside are they easy to maintain or there are symbolic for the golden eggs or some other legend. I do not really know I just that probably related to being loyal and brave animals.

Driving in Mexico on the regions Quintana Roo and Yucatan.

Renting a car, all the in and outs budget rules and more.

The company name was AVANT, not sponsored by them I just found references on the travelling sites.

Driving during the day and night 

The scams, fuel pump and beware police can be tricky.

The night driving is not for everyone gonna be blind with so many lights 

Find places to park and use google maps or Sat NAV.

Tips use the folding clip and rubber band to support your phone in the car.

And answer the question if driving in Mexico is for you.