Pest City Park

City Park is just up the street from where we’ve been staying. It is a large green space with many shaded paths. In the centre of the park is a castle that seems to have stepped out of a fairy tale.


We entered the park and found a huge hour glass. The sand was trickling through, and we wondered how long it would take for it to empty – a month, a year? We strolled around a bit and found an area with strange structures that the kids could climb.

When the girls got bored with that, we found a quiet place outside the castle moat area to read our books. The sun was shining and it was very warm. It felt good to have such a warm sun again. It also felt surreal to look up from our books and see the castle behind the trees in front of us.

On our way home we stopped at the grocery store, but found that it was already closed for the day. So we ended up going out for supper this evening. We had great Hungarian food at a restaurant called Paprika (a spice that Hungary is famous for).

After dinner we walked to Heroes Square and admired the statues and monuments there. It is surrounded by two museums with tall pillars and the monuments and buildings were lit with flood lights. It was a great way to end our day and wrap up our visit to Budapest.

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