Continuing on from Pecs.

Budapest

Spent the next 2 days in Budapest. Above is the Opera house, which I did a tour of, and it was beautiful! Rich fabrics and gold paint everwhere. The little fella to the right is one of Budapests many quirky art peices. One of the things that baffles me about Hungary is the language! It's nothing like anything I've heard before!! 

 I spent a few hours at the Terror House (left) which threw some light on Hungary's terrible recent past. A very enlightening few hours if very depressing. Made very good by the many personal accounts on video of the goings-on during that period. Then I lightened up the evening by going to a folk-music and dancing evening in one of the parks (above). I didn't participate in the dancing, but I sure enjoyed watching, and the music was quite good too.  

 The next day I did 2 walking tours of the city. One of Buda, and the other of Pest. Very interesting stuff. To the right is the main cathedral, which is one of the reasons I need to go back to Budapest, to go inside.

 

 After 2 days in Budapest, It was time to leave. I left Budapest via the Statue Park. A park with all the statues from around the city during the soviet era. They were all but 2 ripped up and were going to be trashed, but someone decided it was worth keepinng as a memory. So way out of town, this park was organised.

 

 Another long day of pretty riding, in which Andy (from HU) joined me. We followed the Danube up to the Slovakian border, and then made it to Bratislava. Just before it got dark. Good timing once again. We didn't see much of the city, just a good pub with great food. Back to the hostel for a good nights rest, then shoot for Krakow tomorrow.

To be Continued.......