{Parliament}
Budapest
was originally two cities divided by the River Danube; Buda, the hilly side (I
remember that by hills = Buda belly, haha) and Pest, the flat side. We came in
on the Buda side and went over the river to our hotel on the Pest side. That
night we had an excursion, a night dinner river cruise on the Danube! It was
amazing! They had such good food and it was so neat to see the city by night!
We saw the bridges, Fishermen’s Bastion and Parliament all lit up and it was so
pretty! Then we went back to the hotel to get some rest before tomorrow’s
adventure!
The next
day was jammed packed with stuff! We met with our local city guide and she was
so wonderful! We really liked her! And she took us to the great Synagogue and
walked us through Old Buda to the Fisherman’s Bastion where we got a bird’s eye
view of the Danube, Pest and Parliament. What was so crazy about this city is
that not a lot of repairs had been made since WWII (keep in mind the Communists
had only been out of this area for about 10yrs). A lot of the buildings on the
main roads had their facades redone but not the other three sides of the
buildings. Then we had some free time and Ashley and I went to the “prettiest”
McDonalds ever (so our tour director said) and walked the streets; she needed
an extra bag and I wanted to get some ‘Bulls Blood’ red wine for my husband.
Then we went to this nice little local restaurant and had more of that yummy
Budapest food! They had some gypsy music there so that made the night fun too! The
next morning as we headed out of Budapest we stopped at the Gundel and had a
wonderfully delicious chocolate pastry!
{Fisherman's Bastion}
{Treats from the Gundel}
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