Budapest, Hungary
October 31 - November 1, 2014
Today is Halloween. Stayed at the Ibis and when we arrived, our room was ready. Yea! Penthouse level. :-) Very nice. We hit the streets running. This is our daily routine.
As we were walking we spotted this funny vehicle. It is powered by 8 people pedaling and they are drinking beer too. Saw these in Amsterdam also. A lot harder than it looks, but they were enjoying and quenching their thirst at the same time. Cool!
Took subway to downtown area. Several things to see. First was the Matthias Church, Our Lady of Buda located in the old Buda Castle District. Originally constructed in 1015, although today no archeological remains exist. Went through complete renovations in the late 14th century and then extensively reconstructed in the 1900's. By far, this is my favorite cathedral. The colors throughout the cathedral are amazing. I thought they were hand painted, but later they showed that the painters used stencils. No wonder they were so perfect. Still so warm and exquisite. We also toured the grounds and all of the castle area. Then we set at a cafe and had gluehwein while overlooking the Danube River. What a view.
Then we wandered down to a restaurant we had seen earlier serving Hungarian food. Hot soup, salad and chicken breast and Lee's fav dessert ice cream with whip cream and wafer cookies. Yum!
Then headed downtown to the square. Heard some country music and we walked in that direction. Someone was playing a country CD and the people were line dancing in their Halloween costumes. Too funny. Strolled around and took a few picks of some carved pumpkins. Then it was getting cold, so we headed back to our hotel. Lee fell asleep and I watched more of Shindler's List. Fell asleep, but still not finished.
Next morning we slept in (8:00am). We were heading to Vienna at 2:00 for the day. Then to Chur, Switzerland. So we needed to go on line and find a hotel and do some research on what we wanted to see and do.
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