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| A not very good photo in Budapest |
Overcast, gloomy and bitterly cold, the cold just seems to seep through your jeans and I'm forever thankful we bought such thick coats and jackets in the Czech Republic some years ago.
The big surprise today is what a surprisingly lovely city Budapest is. I'd rank it up there with Paris and certainly a long way ahead of Vienna! The buildings are all beautiful (they seem to have avoided the scourge of the communist concrete block) and there are many lovely wide boulevards with trees either side (well, obviously by definition, but they do deserve the boulevard designation). It must be simply stunning in summer when all the trees are in leaf etc. Even so, the buildings, the river and bridges are quite quite beautiful.
Our tour this morning was a combination of bus and walking round the towns of Buds and Pest. As always it was interesting, entertaining and we learnt a lot. I took lots of photos but whether or not they will download remains to be see. Maybe I'll try doing one at a time today and see if that is more successful. Overall the WiFi in Budapest has been much faster than in Bratislava so Geoff has been able to check etrade which has kept him happy.
Tonight there is an 8 course degustation dinner dance somewhere in town. Sounds a trifle daunting to me but we'll see.
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A tourist looking a little chilly in Budapest
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| but a glass or two of mulled wine soon warmed him up! |
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St Stephens cathedral was very impressive
-both inside |
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| - and out. |
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