Our Day As Boat People: Day 44 - Exploring Budapest - Get It While It Lasts... A Big Loop Through Europe 2017 - CycleBlaze

September 20, 2017

Our Day As Boat People: Day 44 - Exploring Budapest

Rather than a group of 50, we were two. And rather than a bored and disengaged tour guide going through the motions, we had Tracey showing us around some of her favorite haunts in a city that she clearly loves!..

Cloudy and a little drizzly, which detracted from the photo quality, but that's all. Great day seeing some of the major sights and some out of the way but extremely cool stuff that Tracey had found.

I'll let the pic's do the rest of the talking.

Song of the Day

Brother Sparrow by Agnes Obel

Another of my fav songs ... very spare and beautiful ... and to me it evokes a feeling of Autumn, and that arrives tomorrow.

King Mathius looking over his realm
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The Liberty bridge. Looking at Pest from the Buda (west) side of the river
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A very cool little sculpture in a small park in Buda (with no other tourists). This shows King Buda meeting Pest. THe split in the rock is the danube
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A close up of Pest ... don't try giving this as a nickname to your spouse!
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We paid a visit to the Healing Waters shop .... Folks in Budapest regularly drink the many thermal waters that bubble up from the ground
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We each had a different water to cure our individual ailments ....
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if I were defending the Buda Palace, this is what I would be seeing!
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A cloudy day view of the chain bridge and Parliament building
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Another misty view of Parliament
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Stained glass inside St Matthias Church - much more modern glass than in some of the other church's we've seen - more precise cutting of the glass
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Very intricate interior of St Matthias
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More of St Mattias
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On the Buda Hills outside St Mattias
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Another cloudy view of Parliament
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Looking back up towards St Matthias
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Lions and Parliament from the Chain bridge
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Artsy rivet shot of the Chain bridge
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More close ups of the Chain bridge
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Some detail on a Hunting sculpture montage at the Palace
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... hunting with the hounds ...
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Budapest river scenes by night - we went for a night river cruise
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The castle in Buda
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Parliament at night, looking from the South
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... and from the North ...
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Liberty bridge at night
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