Thursday, February 27, 2014

Budapest

I’ve been playing around with my Christmas trip pictures for awhile.  I’m not terribly happy with the way they came out.  Again, I fought with my camera most of the trip (I think it might be time for a new one), but I saw some beautiful places.  I was bound to get a few good ones.

An hour delay out of LAX caused a domino effect in traveling to Budapest.  We lost an entire day and night, which was disappointing because it’s a beautiful city, albeit a bit milky the one day I had there.Dec2013 009

Matthias Church in the Castle District on the Buda side of the Danube river.  While Gothic in style, this 11th Century church was largely rebuilt by Frigyes Schulek in the late 1800s.  While I’m not sure how I feel about his diamond patterned roof, it was fascinating.  It’s a very different look.  
Dec2013 016The Hungarian Parliament Building on the Pest side of the river, also in the Gothic Style, is massive.  Because of its size,  I wasn’t able to stand far enough back without falling in the river.  This photo is from the Buda side. 

Since we were there over the holidays the Christmas markets were still open until Christmas day.  I’d have to say that, even though it’s not the most well-known, it was my favorite of the markets I visited.  A lot of local homemade wares were on sale. 

Dec2013 058I regret not coming home with one of these gorgeous bean pots.  Dec2013 041Dec2013 055Dec2013 049Dec2013 059Dec2013 053I’d go back to Budapest in a minute/  There’s so much more to see, especially after missing out on an entire day of exploring.

7 comments:

  1. Budapest! Wow. I'm a little jealous. The most exciting trip I've taken outside the US was to MarineLand in Canada, back in high school! LOL

    Great pictures! Those green bean pots are my favorite. Stunning!

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    1. I debated and debated buying one, but traveling with stuff is such a pain, especially breakable stuff. It also would have made my luggage too heavy. They were so nice though.

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  2. Amazing how in 20 years it went from one of the very poorest cities in Europe to one of the wealthier.

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    1. It sure is. It was kind of surreal to visit places which had so recently been Communist countries and with Slovakia and the Czech Republic entirely "new" countries. I hadn't been to this part of Europe before. It was very interesting.

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    2. You've done a lively job on those photos btw. I really like the Glub Wein one.

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    3. Thank you. You're being very kind, but I see that cloudy weather continues to be the thorn in my side as far as photos go. On this trip, in addition to shutting down on a whim, my camera's view finder became so blurry and degraded I was forced to use the digital screen for all the shots. I find that very difficult. Some are better than others, but overall I'm disappointed. Now, what to do as far as a camera goes before the next trip...

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  3. the second picture looks great..

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