The Budapest miracle

It was all lining up to be a disaster. Volcanic ash shutting down all the European airports. Our international school trip having been planned for the past 22 months. And somehow our flight wasn’t canceled and was basically the first flight to Budapest from the US following the reopening of the airports. It’s been a…

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Free Lonely Planet Europe IPhone apps

Lonely Planet is giving away their IPhone Europe Guide books for free until April 22nd. The cities included are: Amsterdam Barcelona Berlin Budapest Copenhagen Istanbul London Moscow Munich Paris Rome Stockholm Vienna These are usually $10-$15 a piece. This is perfect for my trip tomorrow to Budapest and Rome.

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Budapest opens just in time

Hungarian airspace opened for all flights 2010-04-19 12:52:58 Hungarian airspace has been opened at noon on Monday, local air navigation services Hungarocontrol has announced on Monday. Earlier in the day it has cleared only overflight traffic above 7,500 metres (24,000 feet). With no flight restrictions in effect the Ferihegy Airport is also open for the…

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