Castle Hill

The Danube river divides the city into the Buda side and the Pest side. We are staying in a small 2-bedroom apartment in an older building on the Pest side. It also has a living room and small kitchen, so we have been making our own food which is great.

We are thankful to have Jane with us during this trip. Jane is the name we chose for the GPS unit we bought in France and she has been very helpful in getting us to places, in spite of road blocks, construction, one-way streets, etc. The weather was great today so we just went in our T-shirts to visit the Castle Hill area with Jane as our navigator.

Most of the medieval buildings left in Budapest are on this hill and it was almost like going back in time. I say almost because there were also internet cafes, fancy stores and a 5-star hotel. We had a great view of the Pest side across the river, and the bridges.

The kids had fun pretending to be horses running along on the cobblestone streets and marching through the medieval archways. We walked along the promenade near the palace to take in the beautiful views of the castle-like parliament buildings, and we even fed some pigeons.

We tried to find the Baha’i national centre on the way back, but found ourselves getting stuck in construction areas, detours and one-way streets. Even Jane was confused, so we decided to just phone them to find out when and where the next meeting is.

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