Scott and i got up and crossed the river to climb Castle Hill and get some last views of the Danube (in the rain). Then we headed to the airport to catch our various planes and head home.
good morning, Hotel Parlament |
Scott and i got up early to climb Castle Hill for views of the Danube |
exterior of Budapest parliament building |
once more with dome |
Castle Hill, our destination, from across the Danube |
a church across the Danube |
sculpture |
traffic and statue on a hill |
Scott, reporting on the rain and the long boat docked at this pier |
the funicular is also zarva |
this tunnel is open for business, though |
bridge lion |
crossing the bridge |
the river! it never gets old |
bridge arch lion |
approaching the west bank |
bridge dedication, about the joining of Buda and Pest |
close-up of unhelpfully closed funicular track |
coat of arms |
Ön itt áll! |
non-funicular stairs |
an arch |
view across the Danube |
more stairs |
a round tower |
arches plus Scott |
courtyard |
statue on a hill |
hill and river view |
Scott looking out a window |
me looking out a window (at a roof. no surprise, right?) |
switchbacks |
more arches |
more. arches. |
MORE. ARCHES. |
across the river to Szent Istvan and the ferris wheel |
top of the funicular |
a bird |
more bird |
across the river to parliament and Margaret Island |
traffic on the bridge |
bird sculpture |
sculpture |
most things were closed, but we stopped at this coffee bar on Castle Hill |
back at Hotel Parlament, more coffee from the auto-coffee machine |
Joe, at Hotel Parlament |
last view of Budapest, in the rain |
duty-free Unicum |
i don't remember if we tried a Budapest mule at this time, but it's a thing that exists |
river and bridge, from the plane |
city in foothills, from the plane |
bad plane photo, but, look, Alps! |
more Alps! |
frozen northern things, from the plane |