Monday, September 19, 2011

September 18

Oooh, Budapest! It was a long but memorable day. When we first arrived we went to the Sweets Days chocolate and sweets festival in Buda Castle. Free Samples!!
the entrance of Buda Castle from the inside


an over view of Sweet Days


the group taking a break at Sweet Days


Then we went sight seeing around the Pest side of the Danube. We went around Parliament (we didn't go in but I plan to on another day), a nice park that I'm not sure of the name where we saw the eternal flame in honor of the 1956 revolution, then to Andrisis Utca (sp??) where there was another street festival and horse galloping in Heroes Square.

Corvinus University


Heroes Square


eternal flame for 1956



group shot in front of Parliament



Parliament



a street in Pest, Parliament in the background



view from Buda Castle



view from Buda Castle



view from Buda Castle (one of my fav pics from the day)



Parliament


Hungary's Statue of Liberty .. simple and elegant



in Buda, carved right out of the hills


one of the cool bridges crossing the Danube

Next weekend I'll be back in Budapest with my family that I finally get to meet :) This is exciting!

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