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| nuthatch | profile | all galleries >> Galleries >> Budapest | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 arriving at the Keleti train station... |
 ...for our first visit to Budapest in ten years |
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 the architecture is as spectacular as we remembered! |
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 in the 7th district, near our hotel on the Pest side of the Danube |
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 a lovely park near the National Museum |
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 the Doheny Street synagogue, around the corner from us |
 in the Jewish district |
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 another of the large Moorish-design synagogues |
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 a Shoah memorial |
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 heading back up Wesselenyi Street |
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 in the Opera district, off Andrassy Street |
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 the compact but gorgeous Opera house |
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 friends take us inside for a performance of Carmen! |
 the next day, after a tasty breakfast of eggs and lecso... |
 ...we head onto the streets again |
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 hmmm... seems like they might have the book Jay is looking for |
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 a visit to the National Museum |
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 a room filled with children and gombocs! |
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 back on the streets, behind the museum |
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 now we're at the huge central market hall, near the Liberty bridge |
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 peppers and more peppers! |
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 walking around the north neighborhoods of Pest as evening comes |
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 and the next morning we are off to the Buda side |
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 Marla finds a memorial to a favorite author, Sandor Marai |
 now we're up on the castle hill |
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 quite a view toward the river |
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 among the tight streets of the castle district |
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 now we're taking the light rail north to the Obuda area... |
 ...and back in time to the Roman settlement of Aquincum |
 foundations and artifacts from several very large villas and an entire city were found here in the 19th. century |
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 it's a vast complex with every urban facility |
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 the necropole here had some huge tombs and covers |
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 a few mosaic floors (and ceilings!) remain |
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 in the site museum, a collection of some (very old) locally-crafted items |
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 and a very unusual find: a near-complete portable brass pipe organ! |
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 from the amphitheatre, we head back to Pest |
 the Hungarian Parliament building |
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 monuments surround the Parliament |
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 we're heading out for a river cruise with friends... but not like this |
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 sharing a glass on the boat with our friends... |
 ...while Marla victoriously battles motion sickness |
 the sun is setting over the Buda hill... |
 ...lighting up the Pest side |
 the famous Gellert baths |
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 back in town, Gabor Szarvas is honored for his work on the language (still pretty cryptic to us!) |
 in Pest again, on some large and small streets near the Elizabeth bridge |
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 we get a sneak peek inside the now-empty, historic Paris Gallery |
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 walking up Vaci street |
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 we've taken the Metro out to the huge City Park |
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 at one corner of the park, the Transport Museum |
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 Hungarians are especially proud of their contributions to Eurpean rail transport |
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 now back across the park to the Fine Arts Museum for an interesting photography exhibit... |
 ...and then a last glimpse of Budapest before we head back to Krakow! |
 a panorama from the castle |