Blogs from Hungary, Europe - page 138

Heroes Square -- Hosok Tere Europe » Hungary » Budapest By Bill and Nancy March 21st 2007 Bill & Nancy Lively Heroes Square Hannah took us to Heroes Square at the end of a long day of sight seeing. I was fortunate in that the sun was shining and that made taking photographs easier. It was getting late in the day and there were a few people there. The square is big. Nancy noticed that all of the heroes, all 14 of them, lived prior to Columbus discovering the new world in 1492. The heroes are: Stephen I of Hungary Ladislaus I of Hungary Coloman of Hungary Andrew II of Hungary Béla IV of Hungary Charles I of Hungary Louis I of Hungary János Hunyadi Matthias Corvinus of Hungary István Bocskay Gabriel Bethlen Imre Thököly ... read more

We visited St. Stephens the first evening we were in Prague. Sitting high on the hill overlooking the Danube the church is named for Stephen, the first King of Hungary. Stephen ruled from 975-1038. I was surprised that everyone is allowed to take pictures in the church and I did take advantage of this privilege. As we entered we were told that the church would closed to visitors in about twenty minutes as there was a funeral service scheduled. Sorry the pictures are so dark but the interior of the church is very dark. ... read more

Anonymous ... I guess we all feel anonymous at times. Well, here is a statue to all of us. ... read more

Dublin Pubs and Pubs, a bar and pubs .... and a gay bar... So I left you all last with the taste of stale hot dog in your mouths and my being in New York before making my first international stop in Dublin Ireland .... Ahhh, yes, Dublin. I shall look back on it fondly as a city I that won1t go back to unless I want to die broke and hungover in a gutter, or St. Stephens park (I spent a lot of time trying to sleep there, who knew the Irish guards were so picky about having to sit upright on the bench!) ... OR if Daddy is paying, no really, I have already made plans for us to all go next year! Laura, James ... I know you are on board with this ... read more

We got up early and were standing at the bus stop in Jeneralka in time to catch the 6:30 a.m. bus to Devicka where we could catch the first subway train. All we had to do then was ride the subway to the Muzeum stop, change from the Green Line to the Red Line and go one stop to the train station. Our destination was Budapest where we planned a long weekend, to the city and our friend Hannah. The train was scheduled to leave Prague at 7:32 and that is exactly what happened. Transportation is so wonderfully easy in Prague! Just as the train began to move I saw a woman walk onto the platform and begin yelling for the train to stop. Amazingly the platform conductor waved his sign and the train stopped. ... read more