Friday, November 14, 2008

We approached Budapest early in the morning. Peter assured us that we had the best vantage point from which to view the city and its most famous buildings and monuments: the middle of the Danube! Buda (the hilly one) and Pest (the flat one) are two distinct cities, connected by many bridges and their long-intertwined history.

Approaching Pest, Parliament spires in the distance	Buildings from Communist era and earlier times mingle	Parliament buildings, designed to impress
The Buda side, church steeples and more blocks of flats	Buda's Castle Hill	We docked just below the ramparts of Castle Hill
The Chain Bridge linking Buda and Pest	Boarding our ferry for the 5-minute ride from Buda to Pest	Amacello docked in Buda