Swing City Budapest
Ferenc krt 19-21 Budapest, H-1094, Hungary
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... the Parliament, passing an under ground parking thing, the name of which escapes me, to a statue of Imre Nagy. He was a communist leader who didn't conform to communism the way Mother Russia wanted. While in exile, he was lured back, captured by the Soviets, and executed. His statue is standing on a bridge, looking towards the Parliament building, 'keeping his eyes on it'.
Speaking of the Parliament building...Ms Jones and I are both in awe of it. It is an architectural ...
Dinner and a walk along the Danube
... As we went across the bridge I got my first glimpse of the castle on the Buda side. The castle was built by King Beka IV in the 13th century. It was built high above the Danube to stop the Turks. However, that didn't work, and the castle was seized and then neglected in the 16th century. The Habsburgs finally came and restored the castle in the 18th century.
The original castle was built in 1255 and was then ...
Wrapping up
... from the langos).
We did have one great experience in Budapest that warrants a full description: a visit to the Terror House, a new museum established to chronicle the consecutive occupations of the Nazis and Soviets. While heavily nationalistic, it is the set-up of the ...
A journey across 3 countries
... yellow, black, brown and gray- can be seen.
We just crossed into Slovakia and stopped again for a bus sticker. We exchanged our Polish money for Hungarian money-- I gave them $60. and she gave me $3500.!!!!!
The population of Slovakia is 5 million and they just recently joined the EU. We are not staying in Slovakia, just passing through. It appears to be mostly rural-- lots ...
Boodapescht
... br> The rest of our time in Budapest we just kind of hung out. The traveller burnout was starting to rear its ugly head and we were content to just wander around, checking out the various architectural styles that abound in the city and watching the Hungarian people. There was a really beautiful synagogue in the Jewish district that we saw. We also did a walking tour and went to the Turkish baths during some rare bursts of motivation. Both were excellent. On our last night ...



