Buda Buda Buda Rocking Everywhere

[the pope]

So the final stop on my happy times Europe trip. If you're bored, you can check out London, Prague, Bratislava and Vienna. If you're not bored, good for you.

If you ask me, Budapest is pretty awesome and probably my favorite stop. Make sure you check out some fun night time drinking in the ruin pubs and buy plenty of Eros Pista

I do love my communist era pagodas bars in a park

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I bet the Chain Bridge could beat up the Charles bridge

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So, unlike most of the other former communist areas, Budapest kept most of its communist era statues and moved them way out to a park out in the burbs. Images scattered throughout the thread

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This lame pictures is to show the interesting blinds on many of the buildings in Budapest. At first I thought these buildings were boarded up, but then realized my hotel also had them. Very effective at blocking out the sun.

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Sk8ing is gr8

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The danube keeps on rollin'

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The guards here are less serious than other guards I've encountered

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Is there any great viewpoint that the Habsburgs didn't take for themselves?

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Just a lame scape for you

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Stalin has the whole world in hands

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I did enjoy this statue

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That other bridge

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I don't know why I'm so drawn to communist era stuff. The locals, for good reasons are not. I only encountered Americans at the park.

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Still, a lot was destroyed, stolen and I don't blame 'em

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Lord knows where I'm at now. Maybe in City Park?

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Budapest did a fine job of recovering from being bombed the crap out of

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I wanted to ride the funicular for fun, not for laziness. But the line was like 100+ peeps deep

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Shrug

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Those Magyars are pretty much badasses

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Consider yourself informed

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Its hard to miss this guy

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A happy little market where I'm pretty sure every single vendor sells hot paprika

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All the important words are in English

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What a handsome parliament

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Show them showcase number 2!

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This made me giggle

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Droppin' some bass on the buda side.

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Another handsome gent

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Low traffic on Hungarian Memorial day

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Hard not to take pictures of the largest parliamentary building in the world

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Happy heroes and millennium hungary!

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See, told you these guys are badasses

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Yawn

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High tension power lines, you're my favorite

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I hope you like old churches

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Yeah, some not so good stuff happened here.

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Hot fisherman action

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Good ol' Anonymous

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Just a happy street scene

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Hosok Tere facepunch

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I just love the pickpocket image

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say cheese. or eros pista. Actually, I prefer the pista.

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Touristing my way to St. Stephen's

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big and old

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Oh wait, more parliament

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I'm on a blimp! Or on a hill

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I would like to congratulate Budapest on having the oldest looking subway cars that i've ever ridden on. Some russian jobs from the 40s and 50s

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I don't think even he is impressed by the subway

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More happy old stuff

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As my friend described it, "it feels like an ice cream parlour"

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Somewhere else random in city park

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Hey! its one of those fun roads where everybody shares

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St. Stephen is like the rockstar saint of Hungary

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Panvue

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Hot streetcar action

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More fun times

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So the church was surrounded by police and whatnot. Our guess was the president was there or something

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He's got legs...he's know not how to move them?

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So I think i'm done bludgeoning you with the communist era statues

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elite habsburg motherfluffers

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So i refused to pay the $2 to light up the hand of st. stephen. So you get a shot of the unilluminated case

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Graffititastic

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And I leave you with pretty much the most awesome wax museum ever

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[ColDayMan]

This thread is the equivalent of "Call Me Maybe," minus the song.

[muppet]

Man I love Budapest - so summery and European and gorgeous and CHEAP

[Danny]

Thanks for your very good pics and comments, the pope.

When I visited Budapest, I liked it very much. It´s a very pretty city, with a really beautiful parliament. Its underground is the second oldest underground metro system in the world. It´s worth to visit Budapest, Buda and Pest. I don´t want to forget the Chain Bridge over the Danube. It´s one of the prettiest bridges in the world.

Congrats and greetings from Madrid, Spain!

[R@ptor]

Great photos of one of my favorite European cities.

[the pope]

Originally Posted by Danny

Thanks for your very good pics and comments, the pope.

When I visited Budapest, I liked it very much. It´s a very pretty city, with a really beautiful parliament. Its underground is the second oldest underground metro system in the world. It´s worth to visit Budapest, Buda and Pest. I don´t want to forget the Chain Bridge over the Danube. It´s one of the prettiest bridges in the world.

Congrats and greetings from Madrid, Spain!

Yeah, i was surprised to learn that the ol' M1 was the 2nd oldest line in the world. It was amusing to me that apparently they've never updated the stations (lengthening them, that is). It was odd seeing those smaller 2-car trains fit perfectly in there.

Originally Posted by muppet

Man I love Budapest - so summery and European and gorgeous and CHEAP

There was something about Budapest I just couldn't put my finger on. It was very different from my previous stops in climate, people and layout of the city. In an odd way, when I think of quintessential european street scenes, Budapest kinda fit that mold.

Thanks to everyone else for swingin' by.

[Allnatural85]

damn! this makes me so excited cause I will be there in September for 2 weeks

[Okayyou]

I've enjoyed your tour through Europe. Another quality thread. I had a great time when I was in Budapest back in '09. The ruin bars were by far my favorite part of the trip. I also liked visiting the famous baths in the park. Good to sweat out all the beer and unicum from the night before.

[mello]

Wow Budapest steppin up large, definitely an underrated city.

[Nouvellecosse]

Yer funny.

[MayDay]

Bah-dapest looks lovely.