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Párizsi Udvar

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Párizsi Udvar (Parisian Courtyard/Arcade).

Párizsi Udvar is located on Ferenciak Tere close to
the Erzebeth Hid (Elizabeth Bridge).
One of the famous architectural sites worth a visit to
imagine the former splendor of Budapest.
Built at the start of WW1 in 1914 in richly ornamental neo-Gothic,
Renaissance, and arabesque styles.
Just look at the craftmanship inside. Even the phone boxes
are done in the same style. Now just touristy shops and
a hologram shop. Fitting as the hologram was invented by a Hungarian.

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Address: Ferenciak Tere
Directions: Around Ferenciak Tere and just before the Erzebeth Hid.

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Streets of Budapest: shots about city life: Walkabout in Budapest finding hidden gems

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on Oct 26, 2007

Párizsi Udvar entrance Budapest

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Párizsi Udvar facade is just as ornate outside as
some of the details inside.
I think that it should be restored and brought to
it's former glory.

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Things To Do: Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden

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on Sep 23, 2005

Mother and child

This is one of my favourite destinations for a day out with my young daughter!
Over the years living in Budapest it has always been a hit with children and
myself. I was lucky to have a Hungarian friend who worked in the primate
house and still had friends working there so we able to have an after hours viewing of the
gorillas and Orange Urangutans.

The zoo has a conservation and research centre with internationally important
breeding programmes for endangered native and exotic species.

A Childrens' Zoo for close encounter with tame animals.
"Animals in action show" twice a day. One of the leading animal collections in Eastern
Europe with more than 2000 animals. Spectacular animal display
representing the African savannah, the artic area, and the wetland habitats.
The population of more than 200 primates is of international repute.
Large family groups of playful monkeys.
A lovely park under conservation order with remarkable trees, shrubs and flower beds.
An oasis of calm in a busting city. Farm in the metropolis - ancient Hungarian livestock:
swallow bellied woolly pigs, bold necked hens, spotted cattle, mudi dogs, cikta sheep,
hucul horse is shown a peasant farm of period buildings from the upper Tisza region
A 130 year old beautiful zoo - listed art noveau and national style buildings of the best
Hungarian architects of the century.
Entry Charges Adult 1300 HUF Child ( 2-14 years )
( Children under 14 years cannot enter the Zoo without adult supervision. ) 900 HUF
Family ( 2 adults & 2 or 3 children ) 4100 HUF Student with ISIC 1000 HUF
Opening hours..From 9:00 To 16:00 in Winter To 18:30 in Summer

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Phone: (+36.1) 273.4900
Address: H-1146 Budapest, Állatkerti krt. 6-12.
Directions: How to get to the Zoo:
Take the Millennary Undergrand Line
(M1-yellow line), get of at Széchenyi fürdõ
or
The trolley-bus No. 72 (stop: Állatkert), 75, 79 (stop: Állatkerti út)
or
Bus No. 4, 30, red 20 (stop: Hõsök tere)

Website: www.zoobudapest.com

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Things To Do: 'Budapest Zoo & animals'

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on Sep 23, 2005

Clara being watched by daddy

gorilla

A Cold December last year just a few days before Christmas, one of my former students Agi gave me a call and said that a new baby Orangutan had arrived and her friend working at the zoo said we could come along to have a look. So off we went and took the metro, the Millenium line (First metro built in continental Europe in 1896) (M1-yellow line), and we got off at the Széchenyi fürdõ stop. We then walked across the lake which looked
like Crystal Lake in one of the Jason Horror flics, with wild ducks quacking away. Then we met up with Agi at the entrance with her Aussie boyfriend Sami. We then saw the baby Orangutan who spent most of the time climbing in and out of a cardboard box. The gorillas were spectacular, with the dad charging at us and slamming the glass and then beating it's chest...scared me somewhat. We had been to a Jane Goodall lecture a month before when she was in Hungary with her 'roots and Shoots' program, so my daughter was fascinated by the whole monkey business! I look up to people like Jane Goodall who have dedicated their lives to animals, especially chimps and nature.

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Phone: (+36.1) 273.4900
Directions:
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The cashier closes 1 hour, the animal houses close 30 minutes before the Zoo closing!
October
Mon to Thurs 9:00 to 17:00
Fri to Sun 9:00 to 17:30
November/December/January/Febuary
Every day From 9:00 to 16:00

Website: http://www.zoobudapest.com/en/index.html

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City Park (Varosliget): The green heart of the capital (Varosliget)

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on Dec 8, 2006

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City Park (Varosliget) situated on the Pest Side of Budapest,
used to be an area of marshland which
served as a royal hunting ground, but in the 19th century it was
changed into a huge English-style park. A fairytale-like building
(Vajdahunyad Castle) and a picturesque lake offer a genuine
lesson in the history of architectural styles, as well as a calm
relaxation zone for tourists and locals alike.
The park is a vast green space with a lake The City Park also contains the Museum of Fine Arts, the Palace of Art, the City Zoo, the Szechyeni Bath and the Municipal Great Circus. Also in the park is the Vajdahunyad Castle located on an island in the lake. Outside the nearby Jak Chapel is a statue of a hooded monk called Anonymous, who chronicled the activities of the early Magyar tribes.

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Address: 1146 Budapest, Varosliget
Directions: Behind Heroes Square, access by metro M1 (Szechenyi furdo station) or trolleybuses #70, 72, 74, 75, 79

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Things To Do: People Watching in Budapest

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on Sep 29, 2005

They could tell you a story or two

I have lived
in Budapest for 10 years
soon and the first thing I did was
when I arrived by train at the Keleti Railway
Station was to watch the coming’s and goings that
hot Summers day in the station. It was a good place to get a
sort of vibe on the city and the Magyars. Stations always seem to show
the best and worst of the cities they serve. On the train I was approached by
at least 4 different people representing various hostel companies with their flyers and eager to please selling pitch I quickly gathered as the train was fast approaching Budapest that I was a commodity! I had seen it in India at Delhi airport ten years before but not
on the trains, people coming into the private sanctuary of your compartment.
I had a choice of 30+ places to stay in with free transport from the station.
They all want to transport me somewhere, sign me in, slam-dunk,
BOOM, next please! So I kept smiling and listened and looked
but in my mind backed up and thought, YES I'm going to
eventually end up staying somewhere but let the
best salesman/woman win.!!

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Address: Keleti Railway Station

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Things To Do: People Watching in Budapest

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on Sep 29, 2005

Astoria a cold January morning in

the underpass

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PEOPLE WATCHING IN BUDAPEST PART 2

I got off the train and said to myself "Let the games begin"
I then met Barney who was an Ethnic Hungarian born in Romania.
He had 3 hours before he had to ride the next train to the border
then ride back on the next International train, so after speaking with me
for about half an hour invited me to come along with the few other Star Player
Hostel Sales pitch team to a small Hungarian lunch place in a cellar
across the road from the station. So I managed to get the Low Down and
off the record info about the city and through the eyes of people whom
Budapest was their home. This was far more interesting to me than
standing in some square gawping at some monument or building.
I decided on a hostel in the greenish belt of Buda in a street
Called Bimbo utca (Bimbo Street). Then back at the station I met
a nice girl who was waiting to meet her boyfriend on an incoming
train arriving in an hours time, she spoke English and worked for Ford
in another city but she had her family in Budapest. She was glad for
the company and I was glad for the company and getting to meet
a young professional and hear about life here. Thought maybe
I wouldn’t like my girlfriend talking to some strange foreigner,
The boyfriend arrived and he was just as warm and friendly
as her. I loved this Philosophy of being kind to foreigners.
After they left I made my way to the free minibus
shuttle service.The driver couldn't figure out what train
I had gotten off of though.
I then met two Norwegians in the hostel in Bimbo Street,
but their wasn't any bimbos as far as I could see.LOL
We went out that night and I rolled in at 9 the
next morning, but that's another story.

I would rather mingle with and watch the locals anyday
as opposed to standing in some tourist spot watching other tourists
watching the 'must see sight'!
I Travell to meet other people not watch buildings or just other
foreigners. The sights are the canvas and the people the paint!

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Things To Do: People Watching in Budapest

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on Sep 29, 2005

West End Shopping Centre

---waterfall behind

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people-watching

sitting at the outdoor coffee-shop table; whoever said culture was dead
got a masterpiece of creatures milling around my head
wish i could concentrate on something; still much work left undone
but my eyes are open and they've plenty to do
what with every species under the sun

so I'm people watching
yes, I'm people watching
doesn't cost a thing, despite what it's worth
yes, it's the greatest show on earth

tower tall, bucket short, buddhist monk with facial wart
real thick, real thin, derelict and double-chinned
kinda plain, love machine, ostentatious beauty queen
big haired, big boned, clearly drunk and probably stoned

yes I'm people watching
i'm people watching
doesn't cost a thing, despite what it's worth
it's the greatest show on earth

i'm sure there are stories behind each of these faces
that i will never know
but there's something real special 'bout surveying the masses
as they mosey to and 'fro
so find a free table, put on your glasses
sit back and enjoy the show

pompous husband, tired wife, hoodlum with a butcher knife
deathbed old, diaper young, albino with an ear-pierced tongue
out-of-place country hick, trendy neon teenage clique,
filthy rich, dirt poor, veteran of foreign war

i'm people watching
yeah, I'm people watching
doesn't cost a thing, despite what it's worth
it's the greatest show on earth
yes, it's the greatest show on earth

by Noam Weinstein 2005

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Things To Do: Boogie down in Budapest

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on May 3, 2006

Away the Lads

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