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Cabal: For a brief respite from the the Scarlet Pimpernel itinerary, I suggest the following. Rent a copy of "Kontroll", a Hungarian dark comedy(is there any other kind?) It takes place entirely inside and is about the lives within the Hungarian Metro.

Again I see the worry lines forming on Mark's pretty little face. ABURP2 will provide for all the sights (and more), in an orderly fashion, and there should be plenty of time to gorge and shop at the end. However, it will require a little compromise on the part of Lord Wrinklebutt.

Do rollercoasters count? I personally never pass up a chance for a wooden coaster. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- The plains of Pest and the steep hills of Buda. Take a look. http://www.gillesvidal.com/sziget2008/budapestchateau.htm

I would have to say hanging from a cable in a dinky chair over a valley better qualifies for points than does a lift. But, the point is, this is how you are going to make all your rail rides and food shopping work. You need this connection. In ABURP #1 I pointed out that perhaps the acrophobes...

There is a "cable chair" that connects the cog to the Pioneer Childrens line. Get in the chair, hang over the valley. I have stood in lines in Austria and Slovakia as well. I am probably persona non grata there for my comments on their lines as well! I don't like interminable lines, and I "don't...

Glen: In the words of the Great Bard, Richard Starkey, "All together now!" ABURP2 will have the entire group together. But it will not be headed "into the breach." Re: Gcirc vs. GCERC. This is not a unified trip on one central governmental rail system. This trip involves many languages, more...

Glen: ABURP (first draft) can be found on post #153. Also, post #159 gives, at least I thought, the sane plan for avoiding the blue haired tea trap on castle hill. Load up at Keleti with sandwiches, palinka and beer and you should be good to go until the central market. The food is cheap, fast...

What is D-Day? Departure from London? ABURP: The Amazing Budapest Urban Rail Party.

Mick, Glen, Mark and the rest of the nameless/faceless "steering committee"/cabal: A word of thanks, an acknowlegement and agreement and I am back. Let that be a lesson to you. I must agree with Mick in that if the rest of your stops are like Budapest, I predict someone will be in the dock for...

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A year from mid-March.

Mark: I have written twice about this, and Glen has come in with exactly the same advice I gave. Unless you are prepared to lead the Highland Guards with a back-up regiment of Gurkas into the Balkans, you are simply not going to get your reservations on your timetable. I will give you a...

Now that you have gotten your caveat and have the entire Budapest-Ljubljana reservations "sorted out" I will chime in. As I suggested before, try booking group seats/compartments/etc. for sometime in the next three months. Test all your travel agents. When/if they come back with something...

Let's burn some bridges (in no particular order). You can go to the Szentharomseg Ter (Holy Trinity Square) and get goodies at the extreme southwest corner. Get goodies, then as you return, turn immediately right for two minutes of terrific view of the Buda hills. Continue back towards the...

Scooter, the voice of reason, has spoken. What are your priorities, in what order? Siklo, Hill, crappy time wasting lunch on hill, crummy time wasting castle tour, workers' tram, lift that will require perhaps 4-5 trips to handle the gang, walk down sneezy hill, scenic tram, cog, childrens...

I am amused...really amused. In all the years I have spent helping put together itineraries for B-pest and/or Hungary, this is truley the worst scheme I have ever seen. If the rest of your stops are going to be like this one, then you are really in for an adventure. What I suggested was based...

I wouldn't! That is why I recommended you ride the Siklo up and down. Unless you have tons of time and want to walk hand in hand up the cobble stone street to the romantic overlook view...stay off the hill. There is no easy way to get anywhere from the hill. There is Bletchley Park, easy chair...

Mick: Your Cyrillic will probably come in handy when making seat reservations. Although, from the sound of it, you might wind up with 12 seats in the watermelon car!

I have been following the TA forums (fori?) for this region for years, and this set of questions comes up with alarming regularity. It usually goes something like this: HI (insert optional exclamation point) My husband and I would like to take an overnight sleeper from Vienna (Venice, Prague...

See the following thread at post #1 for what GCEK is all about and just click his picture and then click "message" if you wish to communicate. http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g274881-i262-k5053702-Overnight_Sleeper-Hungary.html --- old post above --- --- new post below ---