4/11/2024 Budapest, Hungary

In our opinion Budapest was probably the most beautiful city we visited. Actually made up of two cities that became one. On one side of the Danube is Buda, which was predominately the Castle (now Government Buildings and the Prime Minister's Residence) and on the other side of the river Pest (pronounced like Pesht) which is where most of the comercial businesses are and lower cost housing (mostly apartments and flats)

The Parliment Building  as we were arriving.

Looking across the river to the Buda side of the city.

Budapest Inner-City Mother Church of Our Lady of the Assumption

Szilágyi Dezső Square Reformed Church

Heroes' Square, as well as a landmark of Budapest, is the Millennium Memorial. Construction began in 1896 to commemorate the thousandth anniversary of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin and the foundation of the Hungarian state in 896

Budapest Museum of Fine Arts

Buda Castle and government buildings

A favorite treat of the Hungarians is "Chimney Cakes".  Dough is whapped around a cylinder and baked on a rotisserie type of oven. then they roll them in various treats including, nuts, sprinkles and fruit flavored crisps. you can also order one cut in half in a dish filled with soft serve ice cream and topped with various toppings including chocolate and caramel.

"The Shoes"  The Shoes on the Danube Bank is a memorial erected on 16 April 2005, to honor the Jews who were massacred by fascist Hungarian militia belonging to the Arrow Cross Party in Budapest during the Second World War. They were ordered to take off their shoes (shoes were valuable and could be stolen and resold by the militia after the massacre), and were shot at the edge of the water so that their bodies fell into the river and were carried away. The memorial represents their shoes left behind on the bank.

THree Viking Cruise Ships lined up side by side.  We were stuck in the middle.

The chain Bridge and the Buda Castle at night, the structure at the bottom of the picture was one of the many cruise ships in port.

The beautiful Parliment Building at Night

The Chain Bridge spans the Danube between Buda and Pest. Designed by English engineer William Tierney Clark and built by Scottish engineer Adam Clark, it was the first permanent bridge across the Danube in Hungary. It was opened in 1849.