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Lots of heritage on B.C.s side here in Hungary, and with our white/sunburn-able skin, we fit right in!
Incredibly easier to navigate with English here opposed to 25 years ago.
We were told by our walking guide, that if you ever find yourself on the same side in a battle/war/issue as Hungary, switch sides. Their track record is not so great.
Mummified hands are cool here. 😂
Not sure if it's that we understand more as most things are also in English, but we loved all the food we ate...from Langos to Gulosh to Paprikash...delicious! I told you I was on this trip for the food!
All of us are ready to come back...food, culture, lovely people. Seriously, come here before the over-tourism engulfs this amazing city.
Cabbage flowers!
Touch the belly for good food; touch the mustache for a thick mustache growth! Yes, Amari and Waylon both touched the mustache.
Apparently, porcelain is big here, and two shops compete a lot. Here are two of their square pieces...very expensive...we only window shopped.
Memorials to the hundreds of thousands of Jews who were killed in Budapest. Some to concentration camps, some executed at the Danube.
Parliment...based on an architect's excursion to London, but longer of course.
Langos (Langosh) - Way more delicious than it looks, although Amari would disagree. Fried dough base, sour cream, garlic, and cheese. Yum!
St. Stephen's Basilica: Truly a beautiful cathedral that we all enjoyed going into.
Yup, look closely enough and that's a mummified hand! St. Stephen at the right hand and it's said that the amazing soccer/futbol player, Ferenc Puskas, is the left foot of Hungary!
Queen was huge here (right), and why not, but apparently he wanted to buy the beautiful Parliment building, but it was out of budget.
Way more recently than it seems, but Hungary was under Soviet rule until a few decades ago. We went to a retro museum to see what life was like before 1990.
Didn't splurge for the London Eye, but the "Budapest Eye" was in budget. We loved it!
Chain Bridge... connecting Buda to Pest (Pescht).
First funicular! Amari and Waylon loved the easy transport and the idea of "switching places" with the cars.
Across the chain bridge to the hilly Buda side. FYI-The chain bridge is what brought Buda and Pest together.
Seriously obsessive with the birds, Amari and Waylon named these "Rigeons" for their Raven and Pigeon mixed qualities, which they loved. We learned they are actually Hooded Crows.
Fisherman's Bastion...really beautiful, but crowded place.
Matthius Church, from the 13th Century. More roof tiles that I truly wish existed in Colorado as they are simply happy and bright. Much of this Buda Castle, church, and bastion, was destroyed during WWII, but has and is undergoing reconstruction based on the original architecture.
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