Bold and Beautiful Budapest

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Two cities, Buda and Pest, have the Danube river flowing between them. Today we walked 15 kilometres from Pest to Buda and back again. My legs are killing me now. We visited the city market, then the cave church, slowly hiked up to the fortress, visited the palace museum, road a bike on Margaret island, and more. I carried both my camera and iPad, but I didn’t bring the attachment to upload photos from the camera. So here are a few pics from the iPad until I return to Vienna. Then I will create a “best of Budapest” blog.

This city has good bones. Buildings are as large and beautiful as Vienna, but several need some polishing to bring them to their former glory. Historic buildings are noble with grand statues and fountains. Streets range from historic quarters to thriving huge boulevards of global commerce. Heroes Square must rival any other city in terms of massive monuments in an enormous space. Tons of parks, gardens, duck ponds and sports centres make this city very livable but with a definite advantage….geothermal baths!

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Photos

Top of citadel
Great views of the city.

The Central Market Hall
All sorts of foods, crafts and souvenirs.

Library
One location used in Evita movie.

Jamie Oliver’s restaurant in Budapest
OMG! I have been a huge fan for years, of course we had to have lunch here.

Delicious!
So much flavour packed into a pasta dish

Biking through Margaret’s Island
A lovely city park in the middle of the river