Our train arrived in Budapest at 9:30 in the morning and we were rested and ready to go. We took the metro to the Buda side (older city) where our hotel was and dropped our bags off and headed out for another day of sight seeing.
The minute we stepped off the Metro in Budapest, we were in LOVE! What an awesome city. We thought Bucharest was cool, but this blows that away.
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| This was our first picture of Budapest. It was right across the street from the Metro. |
Our hotel was the perfect location. It was just blocks away from the Metro and river walk. It was a bit foggy and hazy when we headed out in the morning but by the end of the day it was perfect. Yes, it was cold but we didn't care.
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| Parliament Building |
We left the hotel and walked along the river to see what is around the area.
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| The famous Chain Bridge |
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| The fog cleared but it was still cold. |
We walked for about an hour and then decided to take the Big Bus tour. It was a double decker bus that took us all around the city. There were headphones at each seat so you could listen to a pre recorded tour guide. Our tickets included two days of "hop on and off" access to the bus and then a river boat tour. We decided to take the river boat tour today since we only had a few hours left and then use the bus the next day.
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| Jonny and Nicole on the boat. Nicole really isn't made she just likes to be dramatic. haha |
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| The Royal Palace |
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| See she really wasn't mad. |
The boat tour was very relaxing and a fun way to see this part of the city.
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| The third largest Parliament Building in the world. |
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| Jonny and Vika snuggling under the blanket on the boat…it was COLD! |
The story with this statue is that it's in memory of a bishop that was rolled off the hill in a barrel because the people were not happy with him or something like that.
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| Part of the old fort and Citadel. |
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| Nice photo bombers! |
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| This was the picture I was trying to get. Just amazing architecture everywhere. |
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| Every building had something unique..thought this was interesting with half naked people looking over at you. |
The Big Bus stopped running at night so we ended up at the Christmas Market. Even though it was December 29, they still had the decorations up. There were numerous street performers in the this area.
We walked around the shops and found a Harley Davidson shop for Gavin to get his Budapest Harley T Shirt. We had dinner and then walked back to our hotel over the Chain Bridge. Everything was lit up and BEAUTIFUL!
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| Looking across the river toward the Buda side. |
Budapest was once divided into two separate cities, Buda and Pest. Buda being the hilly side and Pest the flat side. The two cities merged to create one city, Budapest.
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| View of The Church of our Lady in the Castle District of Budapest. |
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| Parliament Building at night. |
Our first day in Budapest was AMAZING. Love this city.
The boat tour was very relaxing and a fun way to see this part of the city.
The story with this statue is that it's in memory of a bishop that was rolled off the hill in a barrel because the people were not happy with him or something like that.
The Big Bus stopped running at night so we ended up at the Christmas Market. Even though it was December 29, they still had the decorations up. There were numerous street performers in the this area. 
We walked around the shops and found a Harley Davidson shop for Gavin to get his Budapest Harley T Shirt. We had dinner and then walked back to our hotel over the Chain Bridge. Everything was lit up and BEAUTIFUL!
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