Frankfurt
29 marzo 2019, Germania ⋅ ⛅ 15 °CAt Frankfurt airport waiting on last leg of flight to Budapest.
At Frankfurt airport waiting on last leg of flight to Budapest.
First evening in Budapest—St. Stephen’s Basilica, Chain Bridge, Buda Castle Hill
First morning in Pest, looking across the Danube at Buda
Visit to Budapest Saturday market equivalent. Paprika as far as the eye can see.
Parliament building with Hungarian and Transylvania’s flags flying, changing of the guard, Agriculture Building, and empty shoes memorial along the Danube for 1944-45 Holocaust victims.
Went back this afternoon to see the inside of Parliament building on the 1530 English tour. Quite the structure, and quite the history. What was once designed for a bi-cameral legislature of theLeggi altro
Only 6 photos per footprint, so here’s more from inside Parliament, and Buda Castle this evening.
Tour of Buda Castle District UNESCO World Heritage site with our private guide Timea, local Hungarian guide and historian, this am. Including Matthias Church, National Archives, and Buda Castle/RoyalLeggi altro
No soak for us, but we did check out one of Budapest’s most popular public baths. Also Heroes Square and the Metro back to our hotel. Then transfer time (about a three-minute plus walk) to our shipLeggi altro
Monday morning (April Fools) visit to Budapest Jewish Quarter, Dohaney Street Synagogue (Europe’s largest, also known as the Great Synagogue of Budapest) and Museum, and what is essentiallyLeggi altro