This pörkölt recipe from Budapest, Hungary, makes the stew that most people know as goulash. When we first visited Budapest, my knowledge of Hungarian food and wine was limited to Bull’s Blood red wine, Tokaji sweet wine, salami, paprika, and the dish that was made using paprika – goulash. Given that I’ve been stewing and … Read more
Budapest is a brilliant city to stay in a holiday rental and settle in for a while. Food, wine, culture, and beauty aside, this Budapest shopping list shows it’s a fantastically affordable place to live for a European city. We still have a few destinations to go on our yearlong grand tour dedicated to slow, … Read more
After 11 months of our grand tour and ten foodie walks in London, Perpignan, Paris, Venice, Tokyo, New York, Mexico City, Cape Town, Istanbul, and now Budapest, we’ve concluded that a market tour with a local food expert should be the very first thing you do when you arrive in a place, especially if you’re … Read more
Budapest. It’s a city made for walking. After going grocery shopping, one of the first things we do when we arrive at a new destination for our two-week stay is to walk – and not anywhere in particular, we just wander around our neighbourhood. If you’ve been travelling with us since the beginning of the … Read more
When we first arrived in Budapest, we took to Twitter to get some local tips. One person really gave us the goods, sharing some excellent insider Budapest tips, as you can see below. Expat Molly Hovorka became our local expert for our Budapest edition of our Local Knowledge series. @mhovorka@gran_tourismo Have you visited the Holocaust … Read more