Great innovation.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Cutex Quick 'N Go ★★★★★
Love this product. Quick drying nail polish, dries in a minute or so. You can touch things without worry of your nail polish being smudged or blotchy. They have also added a wide flat brush to the product ... why they didn't think of that years ago I don't know, but it is such a practical change to the product. It requires less strokes, goes on more evenly and carries the wet polish on the brush more evenly so that it spreads consistently on your nail. It makes perfect sense to have a wide brush rather than the standard rounded brush.
Great innovation.
Great innovation.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Connection Guesthouse - Budapest, Hungary ▍Rating:★★★
A great location, very close to everything. If you don't mind long walks (up to an hour), you can walk to most of the tourist sites.
The place itself is not flash. The staff are absolutely lovely, and the rooms are fine ... but don't book room number 6 or 7 if you can avoid it. There is no air conditioning in the rooms, which means you need to keep your window open to get some air. That in itself I don't mind, but the place is directly across the road from a pub, and the sound carries like it is travelling over water. Very very loud, lots of drunk people singing, laughing, shouting and just generally being loud. The noise goes from about 8pm until suddenly there is blissful silence at around 7am. I couldn't believe it the first night I arrived. If you are a light sleeper, don't book these rooms. There are other rooms that face a different street - not sure if you can still hear the noise from them, but they'd have to be quieter than rooms 6 and 7.
Photo of the offending pub across the road. Behind the multi-coloured doors with a picture of a face, is an open air pub which also links to the pub to the right of it with a yellow door:
Given the excessive noise, I'd say the rooms are worth only half the price that you pay. The bed in room 6 is also not very comfortable - it's ok, but if you are fussy about your bed and a good nights sleep, I wouldn't recommend staying here.
Rooms 6 & 7 lead straight out to the lounge & reception area ... so people see your comings and goings all the time. If you prefer a little more anonymity and privacy, then the venue is probably not for you.
Also when you are arrive, it's a little confusing. There is signage but you can't get through the door on the street as it's locked, and it's not clear what you press to ring reception. I actually rang the wrong person's doorbell by mistake. I eventually got in only because someone was coming out and held the door open for me. I'd recommend taking a phone with you and putting their phone number into your contacts so you can ring them when you are outside.
These photos are from the walkway leading up to Connection Guesthouse - as you can see it's quite run down and needs a lot of work (the Connection Guesthouse itself is not run down though). Be prepared to walk up a few flights of stairs with your luggage as well.
The place itself is not flash. The staff are absolutely lovely, and the rooms are fine ... but don't book room number 6 or 7 if you can avoid it. There is no air conditioning in the rooms, which means you need to keep your window open to get some air. That in itself I don't mind, but the place is directly across the road from a pub, and the sound carries like it is travelling over water. Very very loud, lots of drunk people singing, laughing, shouting and just generally being loud. The noise goes from about 8pm until suddenly there is blissful silence at around 7am. I couldn't believe it the first night I arrived. If you are a light sleeper, don't book these rooms. There are other rooms that face a different street - not sure if you can still hear the noise from them, but they'd have to be quieter than rooms 6 and 7.
Photo of the offending pub across the road. Behind the multi-coloured doors with a picture of a face, is an open air pub which also links to the pub to the right of it with a yellow door:
Given the excessive noise, I'd say the rooms are worth only half the price that you pay. The bed in room 6 is also not very comfortable - it's ok, but if you are fussy about your bed and a good nights sleep, I wouldn't recommend staying here.
Rooms 6 & 7 lead straight out to the lounge & reception area ... so people see your comings and goings all the time. If you prefer a little more anonymity and privacy, then the venue is probably not for you.
Also when you are arrive, it's a little confusing. There is signage but you can't get through the door on the street as it's locked, and it's not clear what you press to ring reception. I actually rang the wrong person's doorbell by mistake. I eventually got in only because someone was coming out and held the door open for me. I'd recommend taking a phone with you and putting their phone number into your contacts so you can ring them when you are outside.
These photos are from the walkway leading up to Connection Guesthouse - as you can see it's quite run down and needs a lot of work (the Connection Guesthouse itself is not run down though). Be prepared to walk up a few flights of stairs with your luggage as well.
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