Buda Castle |
After settling in on the ship, we walked out and had our first look at the beautiful city of Budapest. |
The Széchenyi Chain Bridge |
Janet, Steve, Sharon and Ken on the Széchenyi Chain Bridge |
Light on the Chain Bridge, Budapest, Hungary |
Sharon, Steve and Janet on the Széchenyi Chain Bridge |
Matthias Church and Fisherman's Bastion |
Buda Castle |
Gellert Hill |
Cited as one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, Budapest's extensive World Heritage Site includes the banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter, Andrássy Avenue, Heroes' Square and the Millennium Underground Railway, the second-oldest metro line in the world. It has around 80 geothermal springs, the world's largest thermal water cave system, second largest synagogue, and third largest Parliament building and has a population of 9.9 million. |
The Danube River with the Buda Castle (right) and Gellert Hill (left) in the background. |
Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace |
Ferenc Deák Statue |
St. Stephens Basilica at the end of Zrinyi u. |
St. Stephens Basilica |
Buda Castle and Széchenyi Chain Bridge |
Special Collections, Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
The Shoes on the Danube Bank is a memorial created on the east bank of the Danube River by sculptor Gyula Pauer to honor the people who were killed in Budapest during World War II. They were ordered to take off their shoes, and were shot at the edge of the water so that their bodies fell into the river and were carried away. |
Steve and Janet at the stirring "Shoes on the Danube Bank" memorial. |
"Shoes on the Danube Bank" memorial. |