Buenos Aires or Budapest? which one?

[juliahenry]

We have good friends in both cities, both there for a couple more years. Would like to go and take dcs next summer for 2-3weeks. Ds will be 7.5, dd will be 3.5.

WHich would you pick? 2-3 weeks in South America (DS is in SPanish Immersion and can handle basic conversations etc) or 2-3 weeks in eastern Europe (where apparently a lot of people speak English).

Please help us choose! Thanks.

[emilyinchile]

By summer I'm assuming you mean Jun-Aug? I would not go to Buenos Aires during those months if I had the choice to go in the future at a better time of year. It'll be winter in the Southern Hemisphere, and I'd rather go to Budapest in summer and save BsAs for a trip in Aug-Dec or Mar-May (Jan/Feb can be stiflingly hot and humid). Especially with 2-3 weeks, I'd want to go to Patagonia, which is pretty much impossible Jun-Aug.

[misshark122]

I agree with PP!

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I love, love Budapest pls that's an amazing time of year for weather there. Haven't been to buenos aires though to truly comment.

[travelingjen]

Due to the time of year and weather, I would definitely pick Budapest over BA. I spent 4.5 days in Budapest a few years ago including a day-trip to the Danube Bend. With the amount of time you have you will be able to see so much! I have entries in my old travel blog from that trip here:
www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Wanderlust-Travelers/Trips/49

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We loved Budapest, you can check out my blog posts aroundtheworldwithrebecca.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Budapest

[ILikeSloths]

I haven't been to Buenos Aires so I can't compare the two, but I visited Budapest last month and really enjoyed it. It was one of my favorite cities during my 4-week Central and Eastern Europe trip.

As PPs have already mentioned, the time of year and weather would also sway me toward Budapest. With 2-3 weeks, you would have plenty of time to explore the city as well as a few other nearby towns.

[GilliC]

May 22, 2012 8:37:29 GMT -5 juliahenry said:

2-3 weeks in eastern Europe (where apparently a lot of people speak English).

We didn't have too many problems in Budapest, but if you plan to get off the beaten tourist paths at all, I would definitely bring a phrase book and a notepad. In Villány, we encountered some people who didn't speak a word of English, and I couldn't really pronounce Hungarian, so I had to write down whatever I wanted to say. I would definitely say that more people spoke English in BA than in Budapest. In fact, they even spoke English to DBF there instead of trying to deal with his Portuguese!

[jenn248]

I prefer Buenos Aires to Budapest, but I agree with pps that the weather will be better in Budapest that time of year. Temps in B.A. will be in the 40s-50s; not terrible, but not ideal for sight-seeing either.