The city of Budapest is really the twin cities of Pest on one side of the Danube and Buda on the other side. Pest is the larger and contains the business district and Buda is the hilly side. The cities are joined by 4 main bridges.
Sailing into Budapest
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| Parliament Building |
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| Castle District - Matthias Church and Fisherman's Bastion |
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| Gellert Hill with the Liberty Statue and Elisabeth Bridge |
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| Buda side of the Danube |
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| The Parliament Building on the Pest side of the Danube |
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| The Chain Bridge with Buda Castle behind |
Docked on the Pest side - We had to raft with another boat, so to get off the ship, we had to walk through the lobby of the French Ship.
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| Rafting with another ship |
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The Tui Melodia docked on the Pest side of the Danube
Next was a City Tour
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Hero's Square Monument
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Budapest is well known for its mineral water baths and spas. Here is Szechenyi Thermal Bath and Spa
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Next we crossed over the bridge and went to the Buda side to walk around castle hill.
Matthias Church:
Inside the church, every surface is hand painted in beautiful earth colours and patterns
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| Matthias Church |
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| Every surface of the church is painted with patterns or murals. |
Fisherman's Bastion
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| Norm having a coffee at Fisherman's Bastion |
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| The Blue Danube from Fisherman's Bastion |
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| Fishernan's Bastion and Matthias Church |
And our last stop: The Citadel on Gellert Hill
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| Liberty Statue |
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| Great Views of the Danube from Gellert Hill |
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| Budapest |
Back to the ship for Dinner:
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| Lamb 2 Ways |
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| Creme Brule |
BUDAPEST BY NIGHT
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| Buda Castle and Castle Hill by night |
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| Walking Across the Chain Bridge |
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| Chain Bridge with Buda Castle in the Background |
Day 2 in Budapest
We had a free day today to explore Budapest. We spent the morning at the market, then went across the green Freedom Bridge to check out the Gellert Spa. We could have easily spent a week here. ...next time we will explore more of the downtown area. So much to see!
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| Norm enjoying his breakfast (with a view of the lounge of the French boat ha ha) |
The Great Market of Budapest
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| Paprika Peppers - |
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| Business Hours ?? |
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| The Beautiful Ironwork of the Market Building |
Across the Green Freedom Bridge to the Gellert Spa for a look around
The Gellert spa was built in 1918 and is known as the Palace Spa.
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| The Indoor Swimming Pool. There are also 2 indoor hot thermal spas, outdoor hot springs, an outdoor pool and a wave pool. |
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Budapest has 118 hot springs in the city. It is known as the City of Baths. Check out this website
http://www.bathsbudapest.com |
Budapest Sail Away
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| Yes - LOVED Budapest |
This was our turn- around point for our ship. Now we sail back to Passau, stopping in Bratislava and Linz Austria.
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