{"id":1131,"date":"2017-11-05T01:42:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-05T01:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hellohayleyblog.com\/?p=1131"},"modified":"2017-12-02T22:19:32","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T22:19:32","slug":"budapest-the-beautiful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hellohayleyblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/05\/budapest-the-beautiful\/","title":{"rendered":"budapest the beautiful"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

Budapest is a beautiful city that I am so happy to have had the chance to explore during my time in Europe. It has such a different feel than every other city I have visited that can only be described as a fusion of east and west. Budapest feels very young and modern so it’s hard to believe that as of 1988, Hungary was still communist. One of my favorite things about Budapest was how cheap everything was. They use the Hungarian forint, which is about 250 forint to 1 dollar. Our hostel ended up being around $10 a night per person, which is a steal compared to the rest of Europe! Below I’ve highlighted some of my favorite experiences I had while I was in Budapest.<\/p>\n

\"\"
\n\"\"
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n\"\"
\n\"\"<\/a>Every meal I had while in Budapest was delicious, with the highlight being a lunch we had at\u00a0Halaszbastya<\/a>, which is inside the famous Fisherman’s Bastion (above), which is a magical looking fortress on a hill that looks like it’s out of a fairytale. Our meal was equally magical, with a dinning room that looked like it belonged in Beauty and the Beast and wonderful dishes like lamb goulash and steak with beet risotto.
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n\"\"<\/a>We visited the Budapest Central Market<\/a>, which is a massive indoor space with a farmers market type set up on the first floor and food stalls and souvenir shops above. I bought some unique and very cheap souvenirs so for that alone, it was worth going.
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n\"\"<\/a>Finally, no trip to Budapest is complete without a trip to the baths. There are many different baths to choose from in Budapest (124 to be exact!) but we wanted to check out the iconic Szechenyi Baths<\/a>, with it’s beautiful yellow buildings and huge pools. It was such a treat and we had a great time running from pool to pool to stay warm and trying out the different kinds of baths. But if you are going to visit, make sure to bring flip flops! They’re $10 if you buy them there which is quite expensive in an otherwise very cost effective city. But Szechenyi Baths were probably the best part of my trip and an experience I will always remember.
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Budapest is a beautiful city that I am so happy to have had the chance…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[130,135,129,126,115],"class_list":["post-1131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","tag-budapest","tag-hayley","tag-hungary","tag-study-abroad","tag-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9jmlt-if","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3890,"url":"https:\/\/hellohayleyblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/02\/lights-of-florence\/","url_meta":{"origin":1131,"position":0},"title":"lights of florence","author":"hayley","date":"December 2, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"If you've been following my blog for a while, you'll probably remember a post I did about the Christmas lights around Nice, France when I lived there five years ago (I can't believe its been FIVE YEARS!). One of the things that made me the most excited about studying in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "travel"","block_context":{"text":"travel","link":"https:\/\/hellohayleyblog.com\/index.php\/category\/travel\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Lights-10.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Lights-10.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Lights-10.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Lights-10.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Lights-10.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4614,"url":"https:\/\/hellohayleyblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/04\/vatican-city\/","url_meta":{"origin":1131,"position":1},"title":"the vatican","author":"hayley","date":"December 4, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The highlight of my brief trip to Rome was visiting the Vatican. The Vatican is located just outside central Rome in Vatican City, which I learned is actually considered a different country! I really wanted to visit in Saint Peter's Basilica but the line was crazy so we just admired\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "travel"","block_context":{"text":"travel","link":"https:\/\/hellohayleyblog.com\/index.php\/category\/travel\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Rome-3.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Rome-3.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Rome-3.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Rome-3.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Rome-3.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":284,"url":"https:\/\/hellohayleyblog.com\/index.php\/2009\/10\/16\/european-tour\/","url_meta":{"origin":1131,"position":2},"title":"european tour","author":"hayley","date":"October 16, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"i traveled around europe alot this summer and these are a few of my favorite pictures. i went to ireland, scotland, england, belgium, the netherlands, austria and germany. i tried a lot of new things (like haggis... which is actually good!) and met a lot of new people and all\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "travel"","block_context":{"text":"travel","link":"https:\/\/hellohayleyblog.com\/index.php\/category\/travel\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/E1.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/E1.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/E1.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/E1.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/E1.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":171,"url":"https:\/\/hellohayleyblog.com\/index.php\/2012\/11\/16\/wellington\/","url_meta":{"origin":1131,"position":3},"title":"wellington","author":"hayley","date":"November 16, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"i know i said this about melbourne but wellington really is my favorite city i have ever been to! something about it was just lovely! it didn't really feel like a city but more like a really cool and quaint town. my favorite place i went was cuba street which\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "travel"","block_context":{"text":"travel","link":"https:\/\/hellohayleyblog.com\/index.php\/category\/travel\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DSC_0499.jpg?fit=550%2C383&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DSC_0499.jpg?fit=550%2C383&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DSC_0499.jpg?fit=550%2C383&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1051,"url":"https:\/\/hellohayleyblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/31\/pisa\/","url_meta":{"origin":1131,"position":4},"title":"pisa","author":"hayley","date":"October 31, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"every few weeks, my school plans a trip for us study abroad students to visit some of the cities surrounding Florence. this past weekend, we got a chance to visit Pisa and Lucca. I've never had much of an interest in going to Pisa before because it seemed so touristy\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "travel"","block_context":{"text":"travel","link":"https:\/\/hellohayleyblog.com\/index.php\/category\/travel\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Pisa-20.jpg?fit=739%2C991&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Pisa-20.jpg?fit=739%2C991&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Pisa-20.jpg?fit=739%2C991&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Pisa-20.jpg?fit=739%2C991&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":38,"url":"https:\/\/hellohayleyblog.com\/index.php\/2014\/05\/28\/goodbye-to-england\/","url_meta":{"origin":1131,"position":5},"title":"goodbye to england","author":"hayley","date":"May 28, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"i just got back from Paris (pictures soon) and have had a little time to rest and reflect on this past semester. these three and a half months have been by far my favorite season of my entire life so far. its completely indescribable. i've loved every place and season\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "travel"","block_context":{"text":"travel","link":"https:\/\/hellohayleyblog.com\/index.php\/category\/travel\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/HSO_4677-1.jpg?fit=600%2C397&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/HSO_4677-1.jpg?fit=600%2C397&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/HSO_4677-1.jpg?fit=600%2C397&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_0092_Facetune_04.11.2017-213615.tif","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hellohayleyblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hellohayleyblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hellohayleyblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hellohayleyblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hellohayleyblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1131"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/hellohayleyblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3910,"href":"https:\/\/hellohayleyblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131\/revisions\/3910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hellohayleyblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hellohayleyblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hellohayleyblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hellohayleyblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}