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Guide to Budapest
Always keen to broaden their horizons and spread the Centaur word, a group of brave and pioneering Bristol Vet School students took it upon themselves to explore the ancient city of Budapest, aided by their trusty guide, Joe. Based upon their experiences there, they’ve put together a handy travel guide for other students…
Facts About Budapest
Population
2. Joe (vet student) and Ishvan (medical student).
Language
Only a few key phrases are necessary; here’s our top picks, with a handy pronunciation guide:
- Sajtburger (shite burger) = cheese burger
- Ifjúsági szállόt (if you shags a lot) = youth hostel
- Egészségeré! (eggysheggydray) = cheers!
However, the Hungarians don’t seem quite so keen to learn our lingo in return…
Flora and Fauna
Hungary is famed for its vast and varied arrayed of wildlife, including the stunning Equus giganticus. Chris (IV) just couldn’t resist putting his rectalling skills to practice on this specimen…
Getting Around

If local cyclists should get in your way – no worries! Just do as Kat and push them off their bikes and into bushes! Budapest boasts a reliable and cheap public transport system – just make sure you ‘Get out!’ the tram when instructed to do so (or face the wrath of Joe). One public transport feature guaranteed to entertain visitors and piss off residents of the city is the jingle played whenever the trap stops. It’s like a shit ringtone, but better! Who needs the Crazy Frog?! With so much public transport available, walking does not go down well, particularly as a multitude of bus stops were passed on this march in the ‘countryside’…
Food and Drink
Healthy and delicious, Hungarian cuisine could well be (and, in fact, is) described as a gastronomical orgasm .
Who could say no to tinned rumen in tomato sauce, or resist the delicacy of pig’s mammary gland fat – not John! Having a chocolate craving? Then get your jaws around a ‘Mr Big’ for a salty-tasting (no, really) cocoa-based treat!
Sadly, Susie was less than impressed with the tripe
Burn off those after-dinner calories with a ride on a Chuckle-brothers bike
Things to See and Do
Each Other
Move over Paris – there’s a new Capital of Romance! Just a whiff of Hungarian air, and you won’t be able to keep your hands of your travelling companions. Just look at the romance blossoming between these two…bless…
Or could this be John’s secret?...
Bryony got a taste of Hungarian action too…
If you can’t find your perfect partner, fret not – Budapest is sure to cater for all your erotic fantasies, giant stone nipples included!

Just look at this size of this man’s… feet! But be warned, competition is high for a piece of this strapping stud – fighting broke out shortly after our photographers caught these boys and girls checking out the talent…
Nightlife
Those crazy Hungarians sure know how to throw a party! Sadly, we never got to experience any of them as the rest of the Budapest vet school want to kill Joe. Ah well. If dancing’s your thing, Budapest is the place to go to pick up a few funky moves to pull on the dance floor. Rated highly are the ‘Elbow-into-Innocent-Bystanders-Face Smash’ (Figure 1), as demonstrated by Joe, and the more traditional Hungarian country dancing (Figure 2), accompanied by Ishvan on didgeridoo. Well, his impression of one anyway. Which you could never grow sick of. Nope, never.
Shopping
The Milan of Hungary, Budapest just cannot be beaten in the fashion stakes – vet school tee-shirts come in a multitude of dazzling colours! As well as offering this high-couture fashion, Budapest is a bargain hunter’s paradise – check out what our discerning shoppers picked up for coppers at the local flea market!

Who’d have thought that zips could be so visually stunning, pens so naff, and fake tattoos so disturbing?!

Even so, Chris and Mike were keen to model their hot purchase on a trip to the baths, along with some authentic ‘gypsy tattoos’, courtesy of Ishvan…
We hope you found this travel guide informative. And Hungary, please don’t sue us. Now, there remains just one thing to say…