Budapest diaries
Saba Jalali
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Discovering the heart of Eastern Europe,one place at a time. Read up for travelling tips and unfiltered advice
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The first strudel house of Pest
The first Strudel house of Pest Address: 1051 Budapest, Oktober 6 street, number 22 Website Opening hours are every day from 9 am to 11 pm I have this obsession with trying unique things. Like if I want to go to a café, I need to know what makes this café unique and...
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Citadella in Budapest !
Citadella in Budapest Remember in the previous post I spoke about Zagreb’s view? I can truly and whole heartedly say that Zagreb’s skyline doesn’t even hold a candle to Budapest’s skyline; and if you ever get to visit Budapest and Citadella, only then you will...
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Best cafes to work/study in Budapest
1) Starbucks at Kiraly Utca Address: Budapest, Erzsébet krt. 53, 1073 I feel so basic writing Starbucks as the first option but I swear it gets more interesting after this. It's just that this Starbucks is right next to my house and it’s the first thing that came to...
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Best outdoor bars in Budapest
Guess who is back! Yes, it's me, your favorite blogger. You know me, I like to take every opportunity to be narcissistic and this wasn’t an exception. I hope you guys are well and enjoying your summer. I know I haven’t written anything for the past two months but...
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Tips for learning Hungarian (if you want to survive this language)
Well I have been living in Budapest for long enough to at least try and make an effort to learn Hungarian. I say while many before me have come and failed to learn this unpenetrable language. Whenever someone asks me what's the best way to learn Hungarian I tell them...
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Habibi shisha bar
When it comes to shisha, leave it to the experts aka us the middle easterns. If you ever wanted to know the best shisha in town, just ask any of your middle eastern friends, if they don't know they aren't truly middle eastern man! But seriously we have a radar when it...
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Sights to see around Budapest
I have been living here for the past 7 months and I am sure we all can agree that Budapest is majestic; it is beyond beautiful and it's almost impossible for your breath to not be taken away at the sights this city has to offer. I moved here and within days my mind was...
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Cafe hopping: Mandarin cafe
Okay the name of this place is completely irrelevant to the place and I have no idea why they would call it mandarin cafe when it has absolutely nothing to do with anything chinese nor has it any chinese food in it's menu. I think the owners of the place just liked the...
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Don't have Mac Donalds in Budapest!
I mean you'd think the fact that Mac Donalds is a multinational blood sucking corporation which serves complete junk food to millions of people and is responsible for America's obesity problem (exaggeration) is a good enough reason for me to never have it again but...
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Darband Persian restaurant
Well I'm always super critical of the persian restaurants I go to outside of Iran, mostly because well none of them can be as good as the ones inside of iran and I don't know I usually turn out to be disappointed as hell with it. So I have been quite reluctant to go to...
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Best burger in Budapest
Okay so yes I know I have been MIA for the longest time and I'm sorry truly, I have so much content to be written but I get no time to write and edit them; Medical school is truly the death of me. Anyways I also wrote this whole piece but I forgot to save it and my...
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Bagel heaven right here in Budapest
Okay well this is another extremely small piece to introduce another cute little place before I start to shift my focus to Iran for sometime, I really miss writing about Iran and given there are still a billion places to discover back there, I think I need to spend some...
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Shisha bar: Kelet Csillaga Kávé-és Teaház Shisha Cafe
Yes, I am aware of the super long name of this place but just bear with it, it's just coffee and tea house, plus shisha, but it's in Hungarian so it is just as confusing. Ever since I moved to Europe I didn't get a chance to smoke any shisha, I mean shisha was a sort of...
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The best bars for Erasmus students in Budapest
Bar hopping or pub crawling is a lifestyle here in Europe or anywhere else in the world for that matter. I mean who doesn't like the night life? Being able to go from bar to bar having cold tasty drinks, laughing your ass off while being drunk under the city lights and...
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Which clubs to party in Budapest?
I'm trying to slowly reveal my party animal just so you guys would be prepared... Jokes, I'm actually not a party animal at all, I'm so vanilla. But every vanilla needs to experience some craziness once in a while. I don't know where I'm going with this so let me spare...
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Why should you do your Erasmus in Budapest?
Okay well I have been getting this question over and over again, from friends or colleagues back home or in different countries and the truth is I consider Budapest an ideal place to go any exchange programs. I mean Budapest is sort of a heaven for me and for so many...
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Thrift shopping in Budapest
Well before I moved to Europe I have never ever thrift shopped in my entire life, I don't know we just don't have the culture back where I come from. Well first of all, I mean back in Malaysia, clothes are kinda cheap and imported from China so it doesn't make much...
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Cafe hopping: Massolit books and cafe
All of these cafe hopping pieces was just to prepare you guys for the real deal, I was just preping you guys for this amazing cafe, hands down one of my favorite places in Budapest, you would know if you actually followed me on instagram, I have been killing my...
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Cafe hopping :Sirius Tea house
Well the day I finished my exam I went to two tea houses in one day, if that doesn't show my adoration for tea then I don't know what does. I swear though this place is like finding narnia and to be honest I'm not so good at finding magical places or else I would be...
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Cafe hopping: Magveto cafe
Recently I guess I have joined the cafe hoppers bandwagon and man I do not regret it for one second even, I love constantly going to different cafes , having great conversations while sipping on a cup of tea or coffee, I mean what's more peaceful than that? And one of...
