Budapest for Brad

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It's Brad here. After a long and overworked Winter in Northern Alberta I decided to catch a flight to Hungary. I stayed in the beautiful city of Budapest which is rich in culture , history and architecture. I rented a "flat" there as they call them right down town in the tourist sector.....district 5. My goal was to relax and recharge and meet a long time friend Olivia. The weather was perfect almost everyday at about 25 Celsius. I stayed in country for 40 days. I saw many sights and sounds including many , many live concerts , museums , outdoor fairs and also thanks to Olivia got to snoop around in the daily lives of Hungarians. Ken Deakins whipped into the city for a week to visit before heading to England. Talk about jet set! My trip ended too soon of course but I brought the best part of Hungary back with me as Olivia is at my flat now for the Summer and we are having a great time here in Canada. I will update a little more soon I just wanted to get this out there because of my maniacal brother would not stop pestering me. Out for now!

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Photos

Power to the people!
There is a place just outside the city limits of Budapest called 'Memento park' it has all the old Soviet statues. This one is the Red Soldier who used to reside on the top of Gellert hill overlooking the populace as if to say.....''I'm watching you comrade.

'Just another couple of tourists.
Here is Ken and I. Budapest is the worlds15th most popular destination to visit.

Parlaiment
A truly beautiful piece of architecture as seen from 'Fishermans wharf'. The Parliament has truly lost the trust of the people and is a place of many demonstrations.

Comments

[Blane]

Tight posting
Great posting Brad, I look forward to more. -Blane

[Lou]

About time
Hey, glad to see the blog back. You both have had some adventures over the last while but no info. on them. Love the pic's Brad, but darn none of Olivia!

[danharris]

i like the photo of the parliament buildings, what a view

[Cherri]

CR visit??
Good to hear from you at last...would love to hear more about your travels and to meet Olivia. Any chance of a visit to Campbell River before summer ends??