Budapest

As you may or may not know there were two cities Buda and Pest that were joined in 1873 to make Hungary's capital. Buda is old and rich and hilly while Pest on the other side of the river has wide boulevards and "grandiose 19th C architecture"

and the Ice Bar.

Some stuff I wanted to buy but could not possibly fit in my suitcase.

A tourist trap restaurant complete with wild music and bad goulash. The walls and ceilings were beautiful.

The chestnut man.

One of 8 bridges that link the two parts of the city together.

This was the best thing we had to eat in Budapest (and the chestnuts). The rollers you see in the background are dipped in a heavy batter and then put in that open oven to cook and puff up. The finished cylinder is rolled in cin sugar.

St Stephens.