Masodik nap - Day 2

Yesterday we went to the Buda Castle district (Buda castle, Fisherman's Bastion, Matthias Church) and walked around there a bit. Buda Castle is not a castle but a kind of walled off area where the old government and king resided. There are also other smaller houses in the area - more like its own little village. You can get the best view of Budapest from there - as it is on the west side of the Danube looking back towards the Pest side of the city.

Fisherman's Bastion

View of the Pest side of the city from the castle district

The Parliament

The weather has been good so far - hot, but tolerable. After the castle we took a train ride out to Anna's brother-in-law's parents house for lunch and to spend some time with her sister and family. It was a nice little house in the western "suburbs" of the city - very nice area similar to the mountains / hills of Pennsylvania. We took a quick "hike" up to the top of one of the larger hills and from there you had a view of the entire valley west of Budapest.

It was getting late by this time so we headed back. We stopped by a bar/pizza place called Marxim which is famous for making fun of the communist era. After that we headed home to the hotel and that was it for day 2.

Rob at Marxim :-)

More to follow ......