Hungary - Budapest

After some dilly dallying in Paris, Mazen, Wafaa and I hopped on an early morning train to Budapest.. I think the ride was about 14 hours! We crossed through Switzerland and Austria.. Bobo flew over from England and met us there a few days after we arrived.

Unfortunately, I lost most of my pictures of Budapest!! I don't know where they've gone.. It's really quite depressing.. I took some of my best pictures in Budapest.. I'm really sorry guys!! Anyways, I managed to find just a handful of my pictures, and I have supplemented them with the few pictures that Bobo took (they have dates on them).



The Danube.. I took some great pics of it.. that no one will ever see.. sniff sniff.



A tree by the Danube..





Swarms of bikers crossed the river.. there were literally hundreds of them.. I dont know what was going on..





Young Frodo with Bobo..



We spent one day jogging on an island in the middle of the river. They have a rubber running track that runs along the perimeter of the island.. It was quite a run!



Bobo listening to DJ Bobo









We traversed to the Buda side of the city one evening.. It was quite beautiful.



An innocent looking bunch..



maybe not so innocent..



hehehe



I really enjoyed Budapest.. They have a cool major intersection called the Oktagon, which actually looks like an octagon. Bobo, Mazen and I checked out the Turkish baths in the eastern side of the city.. some funny stuff happened there!! We also enjoyed some Gypsy music, medevil themed feasting, late night card games, and great company..

The population is fairly homogenous.. mostly Hungarians, although there were some tourists. The architecture is pleasing to the eye.. many buildings have lots of details on the edges.. I guess it's just another legacy of a past empire..

I'll have to go back to Budapest and re-take some pictures.. argh..

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