Budapest, Hungary
12:20 AM
After arriving in Stuttgart on Thursday at 11am local time, I barely got settled/adjusted to the time zone and I soon found myself again in the air. Actually, it started on a train. This weekend I was joined by a senior analyst from Boston named Liz and she and I trained to Frankfurt before taking a flight to Budapest in Hungary. Train was uneventful and the countryside not as pretty as I would have expected. Flight was also uneventful.
Friday night we went and had a nice dinner at Baroka where Liz revealed one of her more unusual habits, she photographs her food. Each to their own but I found it a little weird. We were both quite tired, me particularly so we called an early night and resolved for a big day Saturday. Saturday we got up and basically went about exploring and walking around Budapest. The city is huge and divided into Buda and Pest, a division defined by the Danube river. Buda is the older section and a lot more interesting in my opinion. We hiked up and down hills to see monuments, castles, and other sites of interest. We covered a lot of ground and were both quite tired by the end of the day. Probably the highlights here were the view over the city from the Citadel, Mattias Church, Parliament House and St Stephen’s Basilica.
Saturday night we again headed out for a nice meal, this time at a restaurant called Mokka and we had another great meal but not before more photos were taken. After dinner we decided to check out some of the nightlife in Budapest, well, actually, the Pest side of Budapest and started at a bar called Negro and then migrated to Cactus Juice. Cactus juice was the better of the two bars but the music was circa 1993 which I guess had it charm and a few drinks later, didn’t stop us dancing to it but something a little more modern wouldn’t have gone astray.
Sunday we were again up early and hit the town with the intention of doing a tour of Parliament. Unfortunately the people of Budapest decided to stage some massive political rally of some description and Parliament was closed to the public and there was a massive police presence around the area. Plan B, nice slow brekky, then hit the Jewish Synagogue where I was made, like all males, to wear that silly little hat on my head. The synagogue itself was very nice though.
We then wandered around and took in a few little shops and pedestrian malls. Lunch was eaten in a little sidewalk café and after lunch, we headed to Hero’s square to have a look around that area. There was a nice castle and gardens behind Hero’s square which we also had a bit of a look around before heading back to the hotel, grabbing our stuff and heading out to the airport. Lufthansa actually managed to leave on time and soon we were back in Frankfurt, transferring to the train and heading back to Stuttgart.
As usual, pics have been updated so take a look.
Cheers!
Dave
Friday night we went and had a nice dinner at Baroka where Liz revealed one of her more unusual habits, she photographs her food. Each to their own but I found it a little weird. We were both quite tired, me particularly so we called an early night and resolved for a big day Saturday. Saturday we got up and basically went about exploring and walking around Budapest. The city is huge and divided into Buda and Pest, a division defined by the Danube river. Buda is the older section and a lot more interesting in my opinion. We hiked up and down hills to see monuments, castles, and other sites of interest. We covered a lot of ground and were both quite tired by the end of the day. Probably the highlights here were the view over the city from the Citadel, Mattias Church, Parliament House and St Stephen’s Basilica.
Saturday night we again headed out for a nice meal, this time at a restaurant called Mokka and we had another great meal but not before more photos were taken. After dinner we decided to check out some of the nightlife in Budapest, well, actually, the Pest side of Budapest and started at a bar called Negro and then migrated to Cactus Juice. Cactus juice was the better of the two bars but the music was circa 1993 which I guess had it charm and a few drinks later, didn’t stop us dancing to it but something a little more modern wouldn’t have gone astray.
Sunday we were again up early and hit the town with the intention of doing a tour of Parliament. Unfortunately the people of Budapest decided to stage some massive political rally of some description and Parliament was closed to the public and there was a massive police presence around the area. Plan B, nice slow brekky, then hit the Jewish Synagogue where I was made, like all males, to wear that silly little hat on my head. The synagogue itself was very nice though.
We then wandered around and took in a few little shops and pedestrian malls. Lunch was eaten in a little sidewalk café and after lunch, we headed to Hero’s square to have a look around that area. There was a nice castle and gardens behind Hero’s square which we also had a bit of a look around before heading back to the hotel, grabbing our stuff and heading out to the airport. Lufthansa actually managed to leave on time and soon we were back in Frankfurt, transferring to the train and heading back to Stuttgart.
As usual, pics have been updated so take a look.
Cheers!
Dave
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