Budapest Part 2

We just finished up our month long stay in Budapest. We are on to Prague but we will definitely miss Budapest.

Here are some of the highlights of our last 3 weeks in Budapest...

The Parliament Building

A boat ride down the Danube. We did the touristy thing and bought tickets for a night time cruise down the Danube to see Budapest at night. Wow! This is one beautiful city! The Parliament Building is easily the most impressive building I have seen in Europe. It is huge and when lit up at night it is breathtaking.

You can see more of photos I took from the cruise HERE

Hungary National Holiday. March 15 stands for democracy and freedom and it commemorates the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 which grew into a war for independence from Habsburg rule. The freedom bridge is just down the road from where we were staying and there was quite the crowd there. There were speakers and singers and lots of political sign waving.

You can see a short video of the end of the gathering HERE

Stolpersteins. I saw the first ones in East Berlin. Stolpersteins mark the building where these people (mostly Jews but anyone that the Nazis found unacceptable) were forcibly removed from their residences during WWII. This one was just around the corner from where we were staying. If you would like to learn more about Stolpersteins, NPR did a story on them and you can here it HERE  

The Easter Market. This market was incredible! Oh the food! It was food porn at its finest. John and I would just walk around and drool over everything from pork knuckles to pastries to Langos. Wonderful art and crafts also. We went twice and had intended to go back a third time but rain put a halt to that idea.

I have lots more photos from the Easter Market. You can view them HERE  

The Cat Cafe. So the first week we went to The Zoo Cafe. Well there is also a Cat Cafe with just cats, lots of them. John and I sat and drank coffee while trying to get the attention of every cat that walked by. They're cats and being cats, they do as they please. I did get to pet a couple but they just went about their business and pretty much ignored us.

Fisherman's Bastion

The Buda side. One day we hopped on a bus and took a short ride around the Buda side of Budapest. Buda is much more quiet than the Pest side and it is beautiful. We stopped at the Fisherman's Bastion and Matthias Church.

Matthias Church

Again, the buildings in Budapest amaze me. The church was stunning and the view from the Bastion of the Pest side was incredible.












So are just some of the highlights from the last part of our stay. We LOVED Budapest and it was hard to leave such a unique and beautiful city. But leave we did on a train for Prague, Czech Republic. Our adventures in Prague coming up next!

If you would like to see more of my photos from Budapest, just click HERE

Cheers!
Barb