Hungary

Thursday, 11 October 2012

HUNGARY 





No this isn't a food blog.. ha... ha... 
Ok that was a bad joke but this city isn't we had so much fun walking the streets , cruising down the river Danube and deciding which side of Budapest was better. 

Did you know Buda and Pest were originally two different cities on either side of the Danube River. In 1873, these two cities were combined (along with Óbuda - "Old Buda") into a single city named Budapest.

"Buda" is the Hungarian version of "Bleda" the name of the Hun ruler who was the predecessor of Attila the Hun.

Pest is Slavic and considered to be the more modern side of the city. 


Anyways here are the best things to see and do: 


St. Stephen's Basilica (Szent Istvan Bazilika)


Built between 1851 and 1905,this is a huge parish church it accommodates 8,500 people and features a magnificent 300-foot, neo-Renaissance dome.


Heroes' Square (Hosok tere)



A large square constructed in 1896 for the millennium of the Magyar Conquest of Hungary. The square's Millennial Monument is flanked by the Fine Arts Museum and the Mucsarnok Art Gallery

CRUISE THE RIVER DANUBE 

This is absolutely beautiful , we went on a tour that gave us an audio guide too so we heard the history of the city. 



Well those are my ideas for Hungary. Enjoy your trip! 

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