Showing posts with label Danube River. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Danube River. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Budapest Hungary



I'm not a doctor and I don't play one on TV. That being stated I'll say this, you can take me out of Montana but you can't take Montana out of me. I'm following Hungarian tradition of holding this horse's bullock in order to have good luck on my next exams for school. Given that I'm not in school currently, I'll take good luck and vitality. This statue is located on the Buda side of the city in the castle area.




Riding the train from Bratislava, SK to Budapest, HU. This was outside of Bratislava before the train started to follow the Danube River to Budapest.

On the train Saturday morning. We lucked out again with one day of really warm weather for November, lots of sun.

Along the Danube River, crossing into Hungary from Slovakia.

After 2 1/2 hours on the train with a few stops we're in Budapest! Behind Alexandra are the Buda Hills and Buda. We were standing in Pest along the river.


On the Chain Bridge looking back toward Pest and the Parliment building to the north.




Looking back across the Chain Bridge into Pest, we're standing right above the track for the funicular.



Night time!
On the way to the market place.

Green Bridge


White Bridge from our hotel room.

The South Train station on Monday night.

Budapest is a city divided by the Danube River and made up of three parts: Obuda, Buda and Pest. It has a population of 1.7 million pepople, hot springs, a language not like any in Eastern Europe and a great public tranportation system.

Monday, May 10, 2010

First weekend

7 May
Friday was spent sleeping in until past 1200. A decision was made for our apartment in Mytna after one last look at it. The couple that lives in the building currently will be going back to the states at the end of June. They have been very helpful in giving us useful information. We spent a couple of hours at their place Friday evening before heading into Old Town to walk around and have dinner. Thursday, Friday and Saturday are the most active nights for people to be out. We pasted numerous groups of men and women out on bachelor and bachelorette parties. Most seemed to be from the U.K.. We ended up at a restaurant across from the U.S. Embassy called Rio. Great place for Brazilian food! Big restaurant on the ground floor and bar lounge under. Saturday we will be going to Vienna and returning Sunday.

Our plans are to ride on a passenger ferry along the Danube River into Vienna and then return Sunday evening on the train.