Travels with BRANCY

Budapest – Queen of the Danube

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Brian
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Beautiful city straddling the Danube River, unites the historic towns of Buda and Pest. Officially merged in 1873, this enchanting city offers captivating sights. We spent 3 full days and 4 nights and would have liked more time to enjoy the city’s charm.

The iconic Parliament building

Around Budapest (the Pest side)

Dipping toes in the Danube River
Budapest Tram
Ronnie Ray-gun statue
Sidewalk book wagon
Street scene
Goulash Cafe
Lt. Columbo Statue
Olympic rings for Budapest’s withdrawn 2024 bid

Ruin Bars

New friends from Czechia

Bike Tour of Budapest

Of course we did a bike tour through Budapest! We booked the tour through Viatour and it was provided by Bike and Relax. We had a great, small group with our tour leader Balint, Claudia from Austria, Sam from New Jersey, and the two of us.

Heros’ Square
Vajdahunyad Castle
House of Terror Museum
Iron Curtain
Arrow Cross
St. Stephens’ Basilica
Soviet War Memorial in Liberty Square
U.S. Embassy adjacent to memorial in Liberty Square
Hungarian Parliament
Chain Bridge
Balint telling us something interesting
KM 0 in Budapest.
Geographical center of Budapest
Statue of Queen Elizabeth (Sisi) Queen of Hungary
Sam. Claudia, and Balint
Our group – Nancy, Claudia, me, Balint, and Sam at Bike and Relax

Our Apartment in Budapest

Building entrance
Lift and stairs
Living quarters

Teeth cleaning in Budapest

We had been looking for a place to get our teeth cleaned and found Budapest has a great selection of dentists. Nancy booked our appointments with Global Dental (which were conveniently in the same building as our apartment). We both were pleased with the outcome for a fee of 20,500 HUF (~55 USD).

Arrival at Global Dental
Check-in
My turn