More From The Streets Of Pest

Drunken British superheroes on a weekend long bachelor party

BudaPest Central Market

Located just across the bridge from the hotel , it's a great place for lunch.  On the first floor are all the produce and cheese and meat stands, upstairs handicrafts and prepared foods.  So it's great,

you can see what you are going to get and choose accordingly.  All at a great price.  I ate there three times for about $5, plus $4 for a large Hungarian beer.  Good deal and delicious.

A Walk About The Pest Side

Base of a lamp post

West train station with tram

Look closely, it's a McDonalds

Orange awning, orange hair

Thousands of Jews were tortured and killed here in this building, by the Nazis

A Blue Danube Sunset

View from my room

My hotel, The Gellert, quite grand eh? $80 a night

Horses Get Fed, Paul Gets Fed

Dreyer is the good local beer

Tarragon soup, Roast pork with mushroom sauce, $6  mmm

Say wha?  Hungarian must be tough to learn

Buda Castle

A wonderful art nouveau gate

Equally wonderful fountain

Changing of the guard at the Office of the President was cool, love all the matching shades

Budapest is divided in two by the Danube River, and is actually two cities, Buda and Pest.  Buda is dominated by high cliffs along the Danube, and is where Buda Castle is located. Here is where in the 1300's the early settlers located, for defensive reasons. It was heavily damaged during WW II, and has been beautifully restored.  It's now where the office of the president, museums and a charming district of narrow cobblestone streets full of cafes and shops are located. 

Paris To Budapest, TVG To Munich, Then Hungarian Sleeper Overnight

Traveling at 300 kph (about 200 mph) gets you to Munich really fast, less than 6 hours.  Unfortunately I did not "mind the gap" when I stepped off the train at a stop in Germany, my left leg shot straight down to the track between the platform and the train.  People helped haul me out.  Scraped up the front of my leg a fair bit, but I'm fine.  It was kind of funny.  There was about two hours in Munich, time to throw my bags in a locker and do a bit of a wander before catching the train at 23:40 from Budapest.  The sleeping car was really nice, new and comfortable.  There some fun people on board, we yacked until after 2 am, when the train stops in Salzburg.  It splits there into three sections, one to Venice, one to Zagreb, and us to Budapest.  Then I slept really good!

Very modern platform in Salzburg

Arrival at Budapest Keleti Station