My travel in Europe:
To the cities of Eastern Europe
Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

Content:

1. Planning and Stockholm to Krakow
2. Walking in old Krakow
3. Auschwitz
4. Salt mine Wieliczka
5. By train from Krawkow to Bratislava
6. One day in Bratislava
7. From Bratislava to Budapest by boat
8. Visit Buda in Budapest
9. Visit Pest in Budapest
10. Memento park and Chain bridge
11. Last walk in old town of Budapest

Day 11, Last walk in old town of Budapest:

The rain is over and we decided to only walk around in old town this last day.

Google Map over Budapest:

This last walk is in the Pest area.

River Danuba:

We start todays walk at the river Danuba.

The street that our hotel is placed on, Zrinyl Street lead us direct to the river. On other side we have the Matthias Church.

To the left on other side of Chain Bridge is the old Budapest Castle.

Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

To the right we have Szilagyi Dezsö Square Reformed Church. That's a place we never visited.

At Wikipedia you find more information about the Reformed Church:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Szilagyi Dezsö Square Reformed Church (Szilagyi Dezsö Square Reformed Church, Wikipedia)

There are a lot of boat traffic on the river, we sat down for a while and looking at the boats.

Old trams can take you around in the city. We have used them twice.

Hungarian Parliament Building:

We walk back to old town, this is the back side of Hungarian Parliament with its garden. The statue in the background is the II. Rakoczi Ferenc equestrian statue. He was a leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs.

At Wikipedia you find more information about Francis Rakoczi:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Francis II Rakoczi (Francis II Rakoczi, Wikipedia)

The Hungarian Parliament Building from backside.

At Wikipedia you find more information about the Hungarian Parliament Building:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Hungarian Parliament Building (Hungarian Parliament Building, Wikipedia)

On of the two lions that gardens the parliament.

Museum of Ethnography:

Museum of Ethnography.

At Wikipedia you find more information about the Ethnographic Museum:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Ethnographic Museum (Budapest) (Ethnographic Museum Budapest, Wikipedia)

Liberty Square:

We have just passed the Soviet War Memorial and are now out from the Liberty Square. It's a hot day and it felt very nice to walk through the fountain.

At Wikipedia you find more information about the Liberty Square:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Liberty Square (Budapest) (Liberty Square Budapest, Wikipedia)

Hungarian State Opera House:

One of the two statues in front of the door.

As all opera houses the style is fabulous with its details, the roof over the door.

A goat, but what does this animal has to do with the opera ?

After we had looked at the opera house we start walking to the synagogue a couples of blocks away.

At Wikipedia you find more information about the Hungarian State Opera House:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Hungarian State Opera House (Hungarian State Opera House, Wikipedia)

We have seen these paintings on the streets at several places. We were not sure what it is, maps or ?

Fan with mist to keep the restaurant guests cool.

Dohany Street Synagogue:

The towers of the synagogue can be seen from far away.

The synagogue was opened 1859 and it's the largest in Europe..

The complicated ornament patterns over the door.

At Wikipedia you find more information about the Dohany Street Synagogue:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Dohany Street Synagogue (Dohany Street Synagogue, Wikipedia)

After the synagogue we start walking back to the hotel, must prepare for tomorrow when we go back home.

A building at street Deak Ferenc ter.

Zrinyl Street:

Back to our street Zrinyl, a couples of Segway people pass us on a guided tour. Up to the hotel and packing our stuff to be ready for tomorrows travel back home.

At the other end of our street we have Szent Istvan Bazilika, we didn't go that far this last evening. Stopped at the restaurants.

Later in the evening a lot of bikers pass by which gave me the opportunity to take some nice night time photos.

Later in the evening we gave up and walked back to the hotel for some sleep. Next day we took a taxi to the airport. Was at airport two hours before departure if there was some problem. We got the message that the departure was delayed by 4 hour, as a compensation we got a dinner at the airport.

One of my most exciting travels, must do more visits to Eastern Europe !

The END