The people were hospitable and the city was a mixture of beatifully cosmopolitan, grand, quiet and antique. In the end we mostly wandered through markets old and new, soaked in geothermal goodness and drank v good (and cheap) Hungarian wine.
25 December 2009
Budapest
Once the centre of empire, Budapest made its lasting impression on me. We ventured there back in October 2008 (i'm only 14 months late) and stayed for five days over half term.
The people were hospitable and the city was a mixture of beatifully cosmopolitan, grand, quiet and antique. In the end we mostly wandered through markets old and new, soaked in geothermal goodness and drank v good (and cheap) Hungarian wine.
Szechenyi Baths (a big outdoor pool, followed by rooms and rooms and rooms of jacuzzis, saunas and pools all naturally heated to scaldingly perfect temperatures...we spent two afternoons there, along with the old, young and middle aged of Pest)
the palace in City Park
something goulashy and vegetarian...tasted like not much but looked pretty cool
tribute to the Jews shot and killed on the Danube near the end of WWII
part of the royal palace in Buda
Parliament from Buda
view of pest from buda
Chain Bridge--oldest bridge connecting Buda with Pest
on the bridge
near the museum quarter
view from the church in the cave on top of the hill in Buda
The people were hospitable and the city was a mixture of beatifully cosmopolitan, grand, quiet and antique. In the end we mostly wandered through markets old and new, soaked in geothermal goodness and drank v good (and cheap) Hungarian wine.
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