We arrived in Budapest last night and this morning visited the Parliament on the Pest side of the Danube.
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- Parliament as seen from the bus
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- Gold leaf on the ceilings
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- Climbing the stairs to the dome area and the Crown Jewels
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- Hallway in the pariament
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- Cigar holder outside the chambers
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- Cigar holders
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- The Crown jewels from afar
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- Waiting area outside the chambers
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- Chamber room
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- Replica of the Paliament building
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- Parliament
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- Bullet riddled wall
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- Statue of US president Reagan
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- US Embassy
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- Iron Shoes memorial for killed Jews
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- Tunnel to Chain Bridge
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- Chain Bridge
Then we took the bus to the Buda side, spending the day in Castle Hill District and Fisherman’s Bastion. We had lunch at Fortuna Restaurant and then visited St Matthais Church.
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- Memorial to WW I Unknown Soldier
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- St Matthias Church
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- Holy Trinity Statue
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- Main Door to St Matthais
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- Gypsy Performer outside the church
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- Me at the Fisherman’s Bastion
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- Looking towords Pest
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- Parliament Building
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- On the way to Fortuna Restaurant
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- Entrance to Fortuna
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- Our Table
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- Our group
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- Eleonore and Don
The is a tradition/initiation for the graduates of Budapest University that they have to perform a certain act to the Statue of General Hadik Andras. Mind you they say the horse is smiling.
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- Statue of General Hadik Andras
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- What is she doing?
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- The horse – –
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- And his …..
We later drove to a high scenic view of the Danube and Budapest before returning to the riverboat.
We bid goodbye to 64 passengers and picked up 66 more for the cruise to Amsterdam. Tomorrow we explore the Pest side of Budapest.