Budapest: Looking Much Better In The Sun
Nov. 5th, 2019 09:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smallhobbitFinally, the sun came out - clearly it knew it was my birthday.
First off we took to bus up to the castle area. The bus went from near our hotel and took us all the way up to the top of the castle hill.
There are a number of sights to visit up there, but we'd decided on the Hungarian National Gallery, which displays a lot of art by Hungarian artists, as well as other European artists. The galleries are arranged thematically and very spacious.
There were also some impressive medieval altar fronts and statues:
There's also a magnificent view over the river and the city from in front of the gallery:
We then took the funicular back down and walked over the Chain Bridge (the first bridge to join the separate cities of Buda and Pest):
We walked along the bank of the Danube to where there's a display of metal shoes, to commemorate the death of Jews in 1944/45 on the bank of the river. It's a very moving display.
After which we headed back towards our hotel, stopping to enjoy a trip on the Budapest Eye. The sun set while we were on the Eye and it was very beautiful.
It being my birthday we went out for dinner that evening, where we ate traditional Hungarian food, drank Hungarian wine and I tried Palinka (a fruit brandy - I had the apricot one).
We both thoroughly enjoyed our visit to Budapest, tried out a few Hungarian words - I recognised some on signs etc. Most people spoke English, but seemed to really appreciate us saying Thank you in Hungarian.
First off we took to bus up to the castle area. The bus went from near our hotel and took us all the way up to the top of the castle hill.
There are a number of sights to visit up there, but we'd decided on the Hungarian National Gallery, which displays a lot of art by Hungarian artists, as well as other European artists. The galleries are arranged thematically and very spacious.
There were also some impressive medieval altar fronts and statues:
There's also a magnificent view over the river and the city from in front of the gallery:
We then took the funicular back down and walked over the Chain Bridge (the first bridge to join the separate cities of Buda and Pest):
We walked along the bank of the Danube to where there's a display of metal shoes, to commemorate the death of Jews in 1944/45 on the bank of the river. It's a very moving display.
After which we headed back towards our hotel, stopping to enjoy a trip on the Budapest Eye. The sun set while we were on the Eye and it was very beautiful.
It being my birthday we went out for dinner that evening, where we ate traditional Hungarian food, drank Hungarian wine and I tried Palinka (a fruit brandy - I had the apricot one).
We both thoroughly enjoyed our visit to Budapest, tried out a few Hungarian words - I recognised some on signs etc. Most people spoke English, but seemed to really appreciate us saying Thank you in Hungarian.
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Date: 2019-11-05 09:55 pm (UTC)