Budapest

Although I enjoyed the opportunity to visit Russia again, I was glad to leave the bad weather behind for warm & sunny Budapest.  The flight on Wizzair was great.  I had a whole row to myself near the front of the plane.  The guy in immigration in Budapest seemed excited that I was born in Ohio & even showed my passport to another official mentioning Ohio twice.  I quickly picked up a transit pass & headed into town.  It is nice to visit new places, but I really enjoyed coming back to Budapest for my third visit.

I realized after my first long trip to Europe that I needed to take a break from going to a new city every 2-5 days & find a place to stay in the middle of my trip for 10-12 days to relax.  I stayed in Budapest for 11 days, spending 5 days at an Airbnb apartment & 6 days at the Park Inn (free nights using points).  I tried to get in some running every day, but overdid a little bit & my legs were sore for a few days.

I tried to visit a few new places in Budapest in addition to places I had been to on my previous visits. I went to Memento Park which has some old discarded communist monuments & a recreation of what was left of the Stalin monument after the 1956 revolution.  They also had a few funny videos about how to be a secret agent.







I also went to a small town on the river just outside of Budapest called Szentrende.  It was a nice train ride & I spent a few hours there walking around & taking some photos.





I went to a park in the hills above town called Normfa.  Lots of nice trails there, a chairlift with cool views of town, and an observation tower.




Langos - fried bread with cheese and sour cream

I went out most evenings to take photos using my tripod, which I am still learning how to use.  Overall I had a nice relaxing time with great weather in the 70s & very little rain.

At end of this post, I have included some of the better photos that I took at night.  The next stop is Belgrade, Serbia which is a very long 8 hour plus train ride to go 200 miles.



















Comments

  1. Guy PizzoferratoMay 24, 2017 at 5:27 AM

    I see the Ferris Wheel is back up! I like the shots of The Chain Bridge at night.

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  2. Scrunr1May 24, 2017 at 7:33 AM

    Thanks, I like the 5th one the best in the last series of photos. I shot that on the walkway above the funicular to the castle.

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