Christophe waits for the bus from the hotel
Date/Time: Tue 27 Jun 2006 04:43:13 PM PDT
The road next to the hotel
Date/Time: Tue 27 Jun 2006 04:43:39 PM PDT
Human-worn advertising!
Date/Time: Tue 27 Jun 2006 05:38:41 PM PDT
The St-Mathias Cathedral, on the Castle hilltop
Date/Time: Tue 27 Jun 2006 06:09:52 PM PDT
The Fishermen's bastion, on the Castle hilltop
Date/Time: Tue 27 Jun 2006 06:10:10 PM PDT
The statue of St Mathias
Date/Time: Tue 27 Jun 2006 06:11:09 PM PDT
Patterned varnished tiles on the Church of St Mathias
Date/Time: Tue 27 Jun 2006 06:15:23 PM PDT
The Fishermen's bastion
Date/Time: Tue 27 Jun 2006 06:16:42 PM PDT
A view of the Parliament from the Fishermen's bastion
Date/Time: Tue 27 Jun 2006 06:17:14 PM PDT
The Parliament, across the Danube
Date/Time: Tue 27 Jun 2006 06:18:01 PM PDT
Gerbeaud, one of Budapest's finest pastry shops
Date/Time: Tue 27 Jun 2006 07:42:10 PM PDT
Christophe and the ladies (l.to r.): Crystal, Angie and Timi (our dear friend and personal city guide)
Date/Time: Tue 27 Jun 2006 07:42:22 PM PDT
Exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts
Date/Time: Tue 27 Jun 2006 08:17:12 PM PDT
Elodie took this great shot, an uncommon sky over Heroes Square
Date/Time: Tue 27 Jun 2006 08:18:13 PM PDT
A glimpse of the main room at the Robinson's, an upscale restaurant in one of the city's main parks
Date/Time: Tue 27 Jun 2006 08:36:32 PM PDT
Heroes Square by night
Date/Time: Tue 27 Jun 2006 10:32:34 PM PDT
Another exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts
Date/Time: Tue 27 Jun 2006 10:33:41 PM PDT
Heroes Square, wider angle
Date/Time: Tue 27 Jun 2006 10:34:06 PM PDT
The girls: Élodie, Crystal, Angie and Timi
Date/Time: Tue 27 Jun 2006 10:36:52 PM PDT
Waiting for the subway on the beautiful line 1: Élodie, Angie and Crystal
Date/Time: Tue 27 Jun 2006 10:43:53 PM PDT
The same, only Angie is about to shoot Christophe!
Date/Time: Tue 27 Jun 2006 10:44:03 PM PDT
Across the Danube, from the middle of Margit Bridge: the Parliament, The Chain Bridge, The Royal Palace and St-Mathias Church
Date/Time: Tue 27 Jun 2006 11:15:34 PM PDT
(kinda blurry, sorry) The St-Mathias Church atop the hill
Date/Time: Tue 27 Jun 2006 11:16:16 PM PDT
Arriving at the hotel. Feels like the countryside, but still Budapest!
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 10:50:16 AM PDT
A nice house, typical of upscale residential areas on the hills of Buda.
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 10:50:34 AM PDT
It's not made of cardboard, although it looks that way. Your typical ex-USSR car.
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 10:55:53 AM PDT
It would almost be cute...
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 10:56:08 AM PDT
The hall of the Széchenyi bathhouse
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 01:19:45 PM PDT
The same hall, another angle
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 01:20:07 PM PDT
Regular pools in the open at the Széchenyi baths.
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 01:20:43 PM PDT
Crystal and Angie queue for tickets at the Széchenyi baths
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 01:21:20 PM PDT
Walking through the greatest marketplace in Budapest, Vasacsarnok, one thinks about the former aspect of Paris' Les Halles...
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 02:44:04 PM PDT
The beautiful metallic infrastructure designed by Gustave Eiffel.
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 02:44:18 PM PDT
You can find just about any kind of fresh products...
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...including, of course, peppers and paprika!
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Fumbling with the macro mode...
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 02:47:38 PM PDT
Élodie, gangsta style :-)
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 02:49:57 PM PDT
The Two Graces(tm)
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 02:50:18 PM PDT
On the first floor of the marketplace. Mostly traditional clothing, souvenirs, and eat-standing-up shops.
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 02:56:21 PM PDT
Vaci utca, the city's foremost shopping street.
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 03:53:35 PM PDT
Beautiful facade on Vaci ut.
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 03:55:53 PM PDT
A beautiful church at the end of Vaci ut.
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 03:57:38 PM PDT
Closer shot on a statue
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 03:58:11 PM PDT
The sewer manholes sure look good!
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 03:59:03 PM PDT
The royal palace (in the background! Kings didn't live in a minivan)
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 04:10:34 PM PDT
The end of the paths winding down Mount Gellert.
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 04:16:46 PM PDT
An artificial waterfall at Mount Gellert
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 04:17:06 PM PDT
Halfway up Mount Gellert, aka Mount Of Torture(tm). A panorama of the city's South part.
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 05:03:48 PM PDT
Eastwards over Pest.
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 05:04:00 PM PDT
Timi explains stuff to Élodie, who's not exactly blushing, but the climb kills you!
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 05:04:12 PM PDT
Northwards over the Danube.
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 05:38:54 PM PDT
The Two Graces(tm), Gellert Edition.
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 05:39:37 PM PDT
Excellent view of the Castle hill, with the Royal palace on the foreground, and the St-Mathias Church behind.
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 05:47:09 PM PDT
Partial front view of the Parliament
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 06:59:44 PM PDT
Across the street, the Museum of Ethnology.
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 07:01:11 PM PDT
The gorgeous double-cupola of the Parliament. 67-meter high!
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 07:05:56 PM PDT
Didn't these morons predict RAIN?!!
Date/Time: Wed 28 Jun 2006 10:32:43 PM PDT
A slightly foggy view of Budapest from our hotel room, in the morning.
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 10:07:48 AM PDT
Thursday morning, entering the Castle hill for a longer stroll and a few visits. Notice the rooftops.
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 01:21:38 PM PDT
Varnished tiles were very much in fashion back then.
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 01:23:14 PM PDT
A global map of the castle hill.
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 01:24:51 PM PDT
The whole residential part is very brightly colored, reminiscent of Murano, near Venice, Italy.
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 01:26:35 PM PDT
The St-Mathias Church bell tower.
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 01:30:21 PM PDT
Sculpture on a building's street wall.
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 01:31:22 PM PDT
Middle-height shot of the Northwest view of St-Mathias Church.
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 01:37:48 PM PDT
Higher up!
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 01:37:57 PM PDT
Closing in: three idle construction workers.
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 01:38:15 PM PDT
Plain front view.
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 01:39:18 PM PDT
Sideview of the Fishermen's bastion.
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 03:03:12 PM PDT
The (gorgeous) St-Stephan Church, in Pest.
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 04:15:29 PM PDT
The tympanum and the motto.
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 04:17:13 PM PDT
Nearby architecture, reminiscent of the Palazzo Ducale in Venice, Italy, reinforces the feeling of being on a Campo...
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 04:18:02 PM PDT
Mosaic over the main entrance gates.
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 04:18:42 PM PDT
Italian/Eastern-style roofs near the Parliament.
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 04:41:15 PM PDT
Closer shot.
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 04:41:30 PM PDT
One of the few obvious remnants of the USSR era.
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 04:41:53 PM PDT
Doesn't it feel like Thailand?
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 04:42:09 PM PDT
A bank. I just loved the wall structure.
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 04:42:33 PM PDT
The Mount Of Torture(tm) (Mount Gellert).
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 05:18:39 PM PDT
Christophe in the tramway.
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 08:47:15 PM PDT
They just keep copying Paris. We saw one in Prague as well.
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 09:48:05 PM PDT
The famous Budapest Opera.
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 09:52:36 PM PDT
A typical station on Line 1, the oldest subway line in the world, barely one meter below street level. Gorgeous.
(yeah, blurry, sorry)
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 10:01:45 PM PDT
I finally managed such a simple effect! Of course, this is a subway entering the station.
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 10:02:23 PM PDT
The name of the station. Yes, Hungarian is destabilizing for Westerners.
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 10:03:06 PM PDT
Élodie on the 1st-floor room of the GREAT restaurant Karma, on Liszt Ferenc Tér (Franz Liszt Square).
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 10:21:44 PM PDT
Those are blurry, sorry, but they give a feel of what the deco is like.
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 10:24:41 PM PDT
Customers waiting for the rest of their party.
Date/Time: Thu 29 Jun 2006 10:24:56 PM PDT
The Gul-Baba Mausoleum, one of the very few remnants of Turkish occupation.
Date/Time: Fri 30 Jun 2006 12:44:41 PM PDT
A music-synchronized fountain on Margit Island.
Date/Time: Fri 30 Jun 2006 01:08:05 PM PDT
Ceilings in the Parliament. A gorgeous building.
Date/Time: Fri 30 Jun 2006 02:12:43 PM PDT
Lower shot.
Date/Time: Fri 30 Jun 2006 02:13:43 PM PDT
The Ceremonial Stairs.
Date/Time: Fri 30 Jun 2006 02:18:08 PM PDT
Frescoes over the Ceremonial Stairs.
Date/Time: Fri 30 Jun 2006 02:18:30 PM PDT
More ceilings...
Date/Time: Fri 30 Jun 2006 02:19:00 PM PDT
Below the cupola. The room is very high, but still ceilinged by the INNER cupola, much lower than the OUTER one.
Date/Time: Fri 30 Jun 2006 02:23:27 PM PDT
Upwards shot.
Date/Time: Fri 30 Jun 2006 02:23:40 PM PDT
Jewels of the Crown. Notice the tilted cross atop the crown proper.
Date/Time: Fri 30 Jun 2006 02:30:36 PM PDT
A good view of the Lords chamber. The bright light on the walls are just a reflection of the flash.
Date/Time: Fri 30 Jun 2006 02:39:40 PM PDT
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Ceiling details of the Lords chamber.
Date/Time: Fri 30 Jun 2006 02:46:12 PM PDT
The Parliament, from across the Danube. A fully symmetric building inspired by Westminster, London, UK.
Date/Time: Fri 30 Jun 2006 03:45:00 PM PDT
The terrace at Angelica's, one of the city's best pastry shops.
Date/Time: Fri 30 Jun 2006 03:51:50 PM PDT
A typical cake, chosen by Élodie. The dark part is poppy seeds...
Date/Time: Fri 30 Jun 2006 04:02:53 PM PDT
Christophe preferred a raspberry-based recipe.
Date/Time: Fri 30 Jun 2006 04:04:34 PM PDT
Entering the Robinson's restaurant.
Date/Time: Fri 30 Jun 2006 09:14:59 PM PDT
The daily Budapest: Moskva Tér (Moscow Square), where we went back every night to catch the last bus.
Date/Time: Fri 30 Jun 2006 11:13:09 PM PDT
Christophe in the bus.
Date/Time: Fri 30 Jun 2006 11:18:06 PM PDT
