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WALKING IN BUDAPEST |
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Budapest is another great city for walking... with lots of pedestrian malls. |
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Regina picked McDonald's, but decided to make up for it by ordering in Hungarian. They actually understood her. Music was everywhere but sometimes the choices were a little unusual. The repertoire of the accordionist in one restaurant where we had dinner included "Hava Nagila", a Tarantelle, "I left My Heart in San Francisco" and "Sunrise, Sunset". A street musician played the theme from "The Godfather" on his violin. They know their audience. |
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The Mathias Church is another architectural gem that we will long remember from this trip. It's on the Buda side of the city is at the top of the hill just south (we think) of the Citadella. St. Steven's is so architecturally different you would hardly expect to find them within a mile or so of each other. The interior of both churches are beautiful but both are active houses of worship and poking around with a flash camera in hand just didn't seem like a really good idea. We got to the top of the hill this day the lazy way, via inclined railway, instead of walking. Then we took a wrong turn and walked several miles out of our way... saying "Oh... look!" at least twice per mile. |
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Rather than spend the morning with naked bathers, however, we decided to have breakfast there instead. The waitress greeted us with, “Yes. May I help you?” Wonder how she knew we were Americans. Could it have been the camera and the baseball hat? |
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There really should be a better word than "beautiful" for a scene like the view from our balcony. None come to mind so we'll just let the view describe itself. Clicking on the thumbnail for a detailed view will give you at least a vague impression. | |||||||||
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