Budapest after wine tasting- walking off the alcohol!

A view of the Parliament building on the banks of the Danube. 

Budapest is a combination city. The flat big city side is  Pest - nightlife, shopping, the where it’s happening side of town! This afternoon we are visiting the quiet side-Buda. Located on the hills across the Danube River, Buda was the home of the Royal families and therefore the palace was located defensively on the hills. St.Matthias church was also located here . The church has a long history for Hungarians  and is worth visiting. We had been inside before so skipped it this day. 

Al and Steven 

A side view of the church. It was a beautiful afternoon so we just walked around the area and snapped pictures at anything that caught our eye. This is a hill and we had been here before but didn’t realize that we were on the crest and that the other side had views as well! 

Just goes to re- enforce our idea that you can always revisit over and over and absolutely find something new to see! 

It is spring- the decorative cherries say so! 

A grotto built into the side of a building. 

We walked around the area and were joined by Hundreds of other tourists. Everyone shared in my photos- ( this would be the time for advanced editing! )

Mt favorite  view!

 Another view of Pest from Buda

We ended our day by staying in Buda and finding a burger shop for dinner with Susan and Steven. On the way to dinner Al was busy walking,talking and looking at a boot put on a car for parking violations and tripped over the uneven bricks. The future pictures will show his pretty brace he found to wear.. luckily he didn’t break his nose or teeth! ( and the boot was really cool to see- a miniature of the US ones) so we all understood how he was intrigued…. Tomorrow we have a leisurely morning and board our ship The Vidor to start our journey to Amsterdam