Welcome to WEEK 5 of my travel diary......our last Port of Call on the River Cruise was in BUDAPEST/HUNGARY........what a marvellous city......BUDA and PEST....the old and the new.
We arrived on their hottest day on record......LOL! Most of the shops don't have air con so we tried to stay cool by making sure we drank plenty of water and finding shade when we could.
We did a city tour in the morning.....what a fabulous view from over on the BUDA side
I didn't really have any expectations about Budapest...but once we got there...I absolutely loved it.
We were there for 2 nights....one on the Cruise Ship and one night in the Marriot Hotel. Budapest really looked beautiful at night with all the bridges and buildings lit up...including the famous CHAIN BRIDGE. If you ever go there...you MUST see BUDAPEST at night...it's truelly beautiful!
What an amazing city to visit......this city is in two parts...on one side is BUDA and on the other side of the Danube River is PEST.
On the first day we had time for a little shopping....much to Rod's disgust.....LOL! So off I went to find a cute little Hungarian dress for Gemma(grandaughter)
I found another couple of handmade table cloths...so in my bag they went....I was sure hitting the travel card hard...after all this was our last stop in Europe.....LOL!
On the last day in Budapest we had the choice to travel to Bratislava...so Rod and I decided to do this trip......what a fun old city......they knick name it Partyslava.....LOL! They party all day and night and the shops don't open until about 10am.......Lol! So we could now cross another country off our list....SLOVAKIA.
We found a little craft market....so we purchased this cute vase....and these two wooden hand painted Hungarian Dolls.....we found this cute little Toy Shop in Budapest just before we left and Rod spent about half an hour playing with all the wooden and tin kids toys....they were amazing.....he chose a cute little tin maypole with planes flying around it when you wind it up for SAM....our grandson....sorry...don't have pics....and he now has it. It reminded us of the old tin toys that we had as kids....you just don't see them around much these days...so it was a treat to see them still in use in Budapest.....and we know who the biggest kid is don't we....ROTFL!
The buildings were so old and had such character.....and so much workmanship had gone into building them many years ago.....................we saw so many historical monuments!
Everywhere we went in Europe we were amazed at all the stone carvings and the architecture.
Well...I hope you have enjoyed my 5 weeks of travel posts.......are you sick of them yet......or do you wish to see perhaps some pics from FLORIADE next Wednsday......let me know!
If you have only just come across our Blog and wish to see my earlier travel posts you can see them here:
WEEK 1 - SINGAPORE
WEEK 2 - NETHERLANDS
WEEK 3 - GERMANY
WEEK 4 - AUSTRIA
I have tried to include some fun things for you all.....and as many arty/crafty things as I could......feel free to leave any comments below...or any questions.....happy to answer them when I can......maybe you would like to share your favourite part of my travels....what did you enjoy seeing the most? I'd love to know.......I took over 4,500 pics....so it's been hard for me to cull.....LOL!
xoxo
Lyn Dwyer
Lyn I have thoroughly enjoyed your insight to Europe and the thing that impressed me was the Architecture -it must have been truly amazing and also the craft bits you have incorporated. would love to see Floriade as well - this is what we call Armchair Travel in our U3A group and it's so enjoyable
Posted by: Kathy S #6265 | September 13, 2012 at 09:47 AM
Stunning sights and lovely mementos Lyn!!!
You have excelled with your photography and commentary and I say THANK YOU for sharing your holidays with us!!!
... I look forward to seeing your Floriade photos too. We have been to Canberra's Floriade and cannot even imagine what the "real thing" was like :)
Posted by: TracyM #6773 | September 13, 2012 at 01:09 PM
Kathy.....glad you have enjoyed the Armchair Travel......
Tracy.....thank you for your kind comments....writing and photography are something that I love to do....so I guess I'm passionate about both.............maybe you can tell that....LOL! Remember....hubby always says that I'd talk under wet cement....and he often tells people Im like a Japanese Tourist.....he,he
Posted by: Lyn Dwyer | September 14, 2012 at 08:12 PM
Floriade pics shall have to wait ...I'm busy elsewhere this next week.....sorry everyone
Posted by: Lyn Dwyer | September 20, 2012 at 11:20 PM