The Weekend Tourist is a blog written by Jess Friend Bartlett. Sometimes we only do touristy things on holiday - 25 days annual leave a year. That’s a shame, as we’ve 104 weekend days for exploring. This blog is all about discovering your local neighbourhood, attractions, historic places, local eateries and independents, which for me is in Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and the wider Cotswolds, UK. And when annual leave adds up, you'll find the occasional far flung adventure.
On our final day we cruised down Vaci Utca to fill our shopping needs, crossed the Liberty Bridge and spent 45 minutes attempting to locate somewhere to buy a tram ticket. Riding down to Chain…
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Our quest to tick off Budapest’s top ten most opulent buildings as recommended by DK Eyewitness, continued with a trip to the opera. Built in Hapsburg rule, the Opera House opened in 1884 as a…
View PostOur quest to tick off Budapest’s top ten most opulent buildings as recommended by DK Eyewitness, continued with a trip to the opera. Built in Hapsburg rule, the Opera House opened in 1884 as a…
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Nursing a mild hangover, an after effect of a gin concoction known as a ‘Japanese Lover’ served by Budapest’s swank, Buddha Bar, we headed to one of the city’s many thermal baths to utilise the…
View PostNursing a mild hangover, an after effect of a gin concoction known as a ‘Japanese Lover’ served by Budapest’s swank, Buddha Bar, we headed to one of the city’s many thermal baths to utilise the…
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Leaving the safe turquoise cocoon of our hotel, we set off in the direction of Budapest’s Parliament building. Oddly reminiscent of Britain’s Westminster, the Parliament building was the largest of its kind built by Imre…
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I was woken at an ungodly hour by the over-excited whispers of twenty six year old man-child lying next to me…’We’re going on holiday! We’re going on holiday!’ and we boarded our lurid pink jet…
View PostI was woken at an ungodly hour by the over-excited whispers of twenty six year old man-child lying next to me…’We’re going on holiday! We’re going on holiday!’ and we boarded our lurid pink jet…
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In a (perhaps) a somewhat stretched connection, last night I enjoyed a fascinating talk by Cyrus Todiwala, one half of the ‘Incredible Spiceman’ duo on a tour of his new book ‘Mr Todiwala’s Bombay’ (highly…
View PostIn a (perhaps) a somewhat stretched connection, last night I enjoyed a fascinating talk by Cyrus Todiwala, one half of the ‘Incredible Spiceman’ duo on a tour of his new book ‘Mr Todiwala’s Bombay’ (highly…
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