Budapest 2015 by TaylorBlevins
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Budapest is divided into two sections by the Danube River. The east side, or the side that you can see behind Tori is the Buda side. The side we are currently on is known as the Pest side. You can see the Buda castle and several other churches in the background on the Buda side. Overall, this country has a very pleasant but somewhat communist feel to it as both the Nazi's and the communists spent time ruling this country. We toured a Terror Museum that depicted this harsh past.
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This is a picture of St. Stephen's basilica. It is the third largest church in Hungary. We got to go in it on Sunday when an actual Roman Catholic service was taking place.
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This is the inside of St. Stephen's Basilica. You can see that a mass is currently taking place. I focused on the beautiful light streaming in through the windows. The entire time that we were in Budapest it was clear blue skies and sunny-- very different from the foggy Germany we left behind.
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In the background you can see the Hungarian parliament building. It really is one of the most fantastic architectures we have seen here in Europe. The parliament building is located on the Pest side of the Danube.
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Another parliament picture.
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... yet another... and dont miss the Hungarian flag on the far right.
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My friends make fun of my scarves--weird, can't imagine why.
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This is just one of the many bridges that connects the city together. If you look on the left side of the photo you can see St. Stephen's basilica in the background.
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I know the picture makes it look like it is glowing, but it looked like that in real life as well.
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I dont actually know what this building is, but it is situated just across the street from the parliament building. It had guards with guns, so I couldnt resist the picture.
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One of the more fun things that we did was to visit their local market. You can see all their fruits, vegetables, meats, pastries, breads, etc.
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I think 'real' paprika comes from Hungary, so we took it upon ourselves to invest in some local Hungarian paprika. Although Hungary is part of the European Union they do not use the Euro. Instead, they use the Hungarian Forint. This thing was ridiculous. Something like 50,000 Forints equaled 180 dollars. Let's just say our first trip to the ATM was exciting as we tried to figure out how much this money was really worth.
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This is known as a langos. On the drive from the airport to our hotel, we ask our taxi driver what local foods we should try. This is one of the things that he suggested. It is kind of like a pizza that they cook on a device that also makes crepes. The sauce on the left of the plate is a paprika based sauce while the one on the right is more of a garlic tzatziki style sauce.
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I always get really excited to have my picture taken. We stood in line forever to get one of these, and then we stood at a community table and scarfed it down with tons of other people eating all around us. Europeans do not respect personal space the same way Americans do.
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This is Tori with a random Hungarian military guard. You may remember her with the guards at Buckingham palace or with the swiss guard in Rome. Needless to say, we are acquiring quite a collection of Tori-and-guard shots.
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I know I chopped the top off of the church, but I wanted you all to see how pretty the roof on this church was.
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This section was known as fisherman's bastion. I dont actually recall the reason for this. Nevertheless, this is located atop a hill on the Buda side with great views of the city. We plopped down at a restaurant here after a long day of touring and enjoyed the view, each other's company, and some local beverages.
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This was the other picture that had a good shot of the roof of this church.
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