Budapest: Day 2

Keleti Train Station



some building on the way...



ING Direct building?



The City Park Skating Rink. The second day I went back to Heroes' Square to visit some sights that we didn't get to see on the tour yesterday.



Vajdahunyad Castle, houses the Hungarian Agricultural Museum. Free admission! Too bad they drained the boating lake to do some construction... Otherwise the view'd be much better! :P



the castle



inside the castle



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Szechenyi Bath, the spa that we will go to the next day. It's one of the largest bath complexes in Europe.



The fairground



the zoological and botanical garden



the beautiful Andrassy Ut again



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The music academy and Franz Liszt Museum, where he lived during the last years of his life



hall way



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The House of Terror, a museum for the Nazi and Communist bloodshed regimes



After my morning stroll I met up with the group again to visit the Parliament. They take the security very seriously! You need your passport to get in, and when I crossed a chain into the parking lot a guy in military uniform whistled me over... And we also got to see just how friendly Hungarians are... The security guard yelled at us because we were just talking!



the dome



the royal crown



the press lobby



the parliament



Ethnographic Museum across from the Parliament. After our tour of the Parliament, I went around to see more of Pest.



Library Square



St. Stephen's Basilica



Inside the church. I noticed that this church is unusual that it's more horizontal than vertical? If you were to get married here I don't think there'd be much of an aisle to walk down... :P



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State Opera House



Great Synagogue



Lutheran Church



Danube Fountain in Erzsebet Square



Josef Nador Square



Nihaly Vorosmarty Square



The Buda Castle and the Chain Bridge are so beautiful at night I had to take another picture :P



Pest Concert Hall at Vigado Square



Vaci Street



Municipal Council



Pest City Council



Franciscan Church



Erzsebet Bridge and Inner City Parish Church



Lorand Eotvos University



Hotel Lobby

The second night the group went to an all-you-can-eat Mogolian BBQ, which costs 14 euros. I didn't think I can eat 14 euros worth of food and drink so I didn't go. But apparently they got kicked out of the restaurant because some Spanish guy and girl were chasing each other and throwing ice cream, and they rubbed off the ice cream on some of the paintings in the restaurant.... pretty mature stuff~