Category Archives: Almost Budapest

Vienna - secession interior and café life

Ladies in Café Schwarzenberg in downtown Vienna. Café Schwarzenberg is a beautiful Secessionist café. They have an old Rowenta coffee machine inside (not in use though), huge marble walls and secessionist tile ceiling.

But their coffee is horrible. The cappuccino comes not with milk foam but with whipped cream and it tastes awful. The cakes are [...]

Circus

Looks like a Ukrainian circus show in Vienna.

Prague 2008 vol 2

Rooftop of Prague’s cool contemporary museum.

The wonder.

The museum.

Prague’s secessionist face. It’s a pub actually in the basement. Quite a tourist trap if you ask me but still, I went back there.

Prague 2008

Early morning in Prague.

It’s a bit moody in the morning fog, taken from the famous Charles bridge.

October sunbath.

Pub crawling Hungarian tourist in Prague.

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London

Fertőd - Esterházy Kastély

I’ve recently visited Fertőrákos for the sole purpose of experiencing the Ráspi restaurant and winery. On our way back to Budapest we stopped at Fertőd and visited the castle of one of the most traditional family of the late Austro-Hungarian establishment’s Hungarian representatives. The family (Miklós Esterházy, to be more precise) that started building the [...]

Theme Day - Lines

This post is about citydailyphoto.com Theme Day’s Line subject. Please click the image to see it full-size.
I know, I know… This photo wasn’t taken on the banks of river Danube but I’d rather post a nice photo from elsewhere than publishing a suitable photo which I did not have time to take. 
The photo was actually [...]

Cheating theme day

I took this photo for the citydailyphoto.com theme day (monthly theme: corner shop).
Since I’m currently in Barcelona (yep, Primavera sound), I decided to post a photo from Barcelona which complies with this month’s theme (Hungarian corner shops are not that interesting anyway, trust me). So here it is.
Greetings from this fantastic city and sorry for [...]

Why not?? This could be Budapest!!!

Well, it’s not exactly Budapest but it could be. The similarities are endless. The differences too. Architecture and history have lot in common in the two cities.

Please click below to see more. And by clicking below, you’ll find a bit more enjoyable size and resolution.