{"id":3298,"date":"2008-11-13T22:37:09","date_gmt":"2008-11-14T03:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/?p=3298"},"modified":"2023-09-07T04:55:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T09:55:33","slug":"budapest-hungary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/13\/budapest-hungary\/","title":{"rendered":"Budapest, Hungary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear readers, i must say that i now feel the excitement as i finally confirmed today a trip to Budapest.<\/p>\n<p>This trip will be <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&#038;hl=en&#038;geocode=&#038;q=budapest,+hungary&#038;sll=40.740777,-74.001729&#038;sspn=0.008535,0.01545&#038;g=104+8th+Ave,+New+York,+NY+10011&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;ll=47.500561,19.048104&#038;spn=15.59456,31.640625&#038;z=5&#038;layer=c\">the farthest east i&#8217;ve ever been to date<\/a>. It will be combined with holidays in Salzburg to visit Chris&#8217;s family, to renew with the original <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/m-c\/2068987413\/in\/set-72157603282769016\/\"><em>Apfel Strudel<\/em><\/a>, gluewein, and again to see Salzburg&#8217;s beautiful surroundings. I am already into fantasizing of the time i&#8217;ll spend writing from traditionnal coffee places older than my own country. <\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be just in time for Salzburg Christmas market, one of the most beautiful in the world, and will have enough time to visit my favorite places in Vienna.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/m-c\/324175903\/\" title=\"Salzburg by m-c, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/123\/324175903_9d0a5a9a7b.jpg\" width=\"460\" alt=\"Salzburg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/m-c\/336265403\/\" title=\"Caf\u00e9, MuseumQuartier vienna by m-c, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/163\/336265403_015c8e2b11.jpg\" width=\"460\" alt=\"Caf\u00e9, MuseumQuartier vienna\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As it is for Budapest, i took a first glimpse of the city on the web so to plan my itinary, thank you to other traveler&#8217;s beautiful pictures showing me the way:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ranopamas\/352712977\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/142\/352712977_912e8e6b32.jpg\" width=\"460\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cruisair\/400704502\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/154\/400704502_1b63911096.jpg\" width=\"460\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elfilosofox\/1355608605\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1392\/1355608605_9fffab8a55.jpg\" width=\"460\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kaidohmaru\/1368186543\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1186\/1368186543_7a7143a8e9.jpg\" width=\"460\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/aniko_attila\/256598933\/\">also worth mentionning this beautiful fog over budapest<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Did i make you dream a little? Sometimes i wonder if people get envious of the wonderfulness i create in my life. Maybe guilt is in my bloodline, but i manage to get cleaner over the years, trying to create a life of my own, not ruled by limiting beliefs of people and predecessors. I wish everyone would take their time and courage to do the same, to get rid of all the beliefs keeping them away from living a full colored life&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>For now, all i can do is, as George Micheal once sang dressed in white from head to toe: <strong>Choose Life<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Btw, thanks to everyone on twitter and facebook with advices on choosing between Budapest and Vienna &#8211; any other insights will be welcome prior to departure!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear readers, i must say that i now feel the excitement as i finally confirmed today a trip to Budapest. This trip will be the farthest east i&#8217;ve ever been to date. It will be combined with holidays in Salzburg to visit Chris&#8217;s family, to renew with the original Apfel Strudel, gluewein, and again to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/13\/budapest-hungary\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Budapest, Hungary<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3298"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3298"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8069,"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3298\/revisions\/8069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}