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Berlin | Budapest | Vienna | St. Petersburg

Day 4

Arriving Budapest, Hungary

Afternoon window view of Danube from our hotel room

 

A plane hung from the ceiling inside of our hotel

 

Sidewalk art

First restaurant bill in Budapest, $10395 (Forints)

 

A Gypsy band playing at a sidewalk cafe

 

Crossing the Elizabeth Bridge to the Gellert Hotel

 

Water fall in the middle of the city

 

This is our M1 metro stop

 

 

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Day 5

Buda Castle Museum

On the way to the Buda Castle

 

Looking at the Chain Bridge from the Buda Castle

 

A Picasso exhibit in the castle

 

A Funicula takes visitors up to the castle (we walked)

 

"Lament" by Gyula Donath

 

The Picasso exhibit shows more of his studios and works in progress

 

The tip of Fisherman's Bastion

 

The head of the Chain Bridge

 

The M4 Metro station at Gellert Hotel

 

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Day 6

St. Stephen's Basilica Rehearsal, Opera House Tour & Evening Performance

The St. Stephen's Basilica

 

The St. Stephen's grand organ

 

The Budapest State Opera House

 

Look at the wood work

 

 

A balcony next to the opera cafe

 

A parade took most of the streets in downtown Budapest

 

A famous metro stop in the city

 

Getting ready for the first performance

 

Jim was sitting in the first seat in ROW ONE!

 

A night view of the Chain Bridge

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Day 7

Heroes' Square, Citadel, Fisherman's Bastion & Danube River Bank Walk

Heroes' Square

 

 

Pickled veggies

 

A calm walk way on the busiest street in Budapest

 

Kodaly Institute

 

Calling home?

 

Where are we now?

 

House of Terror

 

 

Jim on the Metro

 

A stone statue outside of the Church in the Rocks

 

Entrance to Citadel

 

 

 

Danube River bank walking tour

 

Who is that?

 

Narrow streets lead up to the Matthias Church Plaza

 

One of the corners of the Fisherman's Bastion

 

The lower entrance to the Fisherman's Bastion

 

The Matthias Church

 

The steps lead to Fisherman's Bastion

 

 

A view of the Parliament from Fisherman's Bastion

 

 

 

A stone crown on the Margit Bridge

 

 

An Olympic sign in Hungarian colors as sculpture art

 

 

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Day 8

Central Market, Streets of Budapest, & Matthias Church Performance

M1 Metro station sculpture

 

That is a BIG belt!

 

 

Street art

 

What's in a name?

 

The horseman statue at Fisherman's Bastion

 

 

A bronze sculpture made in 1235AD

 

Sunset by the Matthias Church

 

 

Waiting room under the church

 

 

Getting ready for the performance

 

Choir seats

 

Matthias organ

 

Where is Jim?

 

Here I am!

 

 

"Marian Gate", a stone sculpture came from late 14th century

 

The story of "Marian Gate"

 

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Day 9

Moving onto Vienna

The last morning view of Danube River and Chain Bridge

 

Lots of sunflowers on the way to Vienna

 

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