The view from atop the Buda Castle Hill is superb! Having covered its history and role in the life of Buda last week, I wanted to show you more of the beautiful Castle District. The area along the Danube, which contains the Buda Castle District and the Houses Of Parliament on the Pest side, is …
Whenever I travel I always seem to collect a large array of books and brochures as I go along, which then come home with me! I finally got round to sorting out some of the mementos last week from our Hungarian Travels in April. I thoroughly enjoyed our four days in Budapest once …
Yesterday was a rather fraught day in Le Chic household. Due to an unfortunate accident which resulted in La Chic Maman badly wrenching her ankle and knee, Grand-maman Le Chic was called into action to babysit La Petite, my adorable 18 month old granddaughter. Suffice to say my intended blog post went by the wayside. …
One of the privileges of staying in the Boscolo Hotel in Budapest (Erzsebet korut 9), is that we got to take breakfast (sounds more refined than “having” breakfast) in the magnificent and opulent setting of The New York Cafe. Now beautifully restored to its former glory the hotel provides a breakfast buffet of spectacular proportions …
Budapest in 4 days (well 3 really once you take into account travel time, airport transfers etc). Budapest is actually 2 cities, the more hilly and older Buda and the much flatter and more modern Pest. As independent travellers it took a day or so to get our bearings. The language is incomprehensible and apart …
Le Chic En Rose 