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A 10-day tour of Vienna and Budapest condensed into 60 slides.TRANSCRIPT
Paisies’ Excellent Adventure
Vienna and Budapest2011
A belated 30th anniversary trip finally got underway: Vienna for 5 nights
Hotel key, very
heavy and very
big. We left it
at the hotel
during the day!
5th floor meant we took the (tiny) elevator, but what a staircase!
Cozy, no AC, but big windows, and conveniently located!
Lots of exploring by foot
Old streets And new streets
The Belvedere (Upper)A huge art collection in what was once
a royal palace “The Kiss” from the
Gustav Klimt collection
St. Stephan’s Cathedral (Stephansdom)
The colored glass panels create rainbows inside the church.
And to think this was BADLY damaged by bombs in WWII
On to the Hofburg, winter palace of the Austrian Imperial family
There are many buildings in the “museums quarter”
One museum held just china, silver, and candelabras!
These people had wealth.Spanish Riding School is here, home of the
Lipizzaners (look at sign )
Marine acquaintances were also in Vienna at that time! They were on a Danube cruise and we arranged to meet for dinner.
Rachel & George Gibbs, Sr. We enjoyed an “original” Bud.
You, too, can speak German!
Statues abound
The Schonbrunn. The summer imperial palace. We took a self-guided audio tour
Gardens and a café stop (that would be guglhopf and coffee melange )
Our favorite Vienna tour:The Third Man (drittemanntour.at)
Someday, watch this movie. It’s an oldie: Joseph Cotten, Orson Wells
Getting around on trains and trams
Dogs & beer are ok. But no food.
Leash & muzzle expected
We took a ride to Grinzing, to the “heuriger” area (wine-garden eateries)
Very tasty, in any language!
Fun times at the “Zwolf-Apostelkeller
Part dates to the 1300s A happy man, ready to eat.
More of the “12 Apostles”
New “friends” from Germany, celebrating a birthday.
Vienna has much to offer…
For kids and adults: The Prater
The Kunsthistoriche (art history)
Time to see what Budapest is like!
We’re not in Kansas anymore
Hotel Kalvin HouseGuests ring to be let in the front door. Walk up to the reception level.
Our room deserves a look !
It was a bit noisy, but close to metro and restaurants
Out and about in BudapestLooking up at
St. Stephen’s Basilica Now we’re up, looking down
This church has a ‘special attraction’
Wow.
The Castle District & St. Matyas (Matthias)
Fisherman’s Bastion
A zither player near the Hungarian National Museum
Down from one hill and up to another
See that monument wayyyy up there?
We walked up, and up.
And up.
Half(?)way, with a nice view
St. Gerard (Gellert), a martyr The Elizabeth bridge over the Danube
A Soviet monument (there are many in Budapest) is what we saw from so far away.
There are 3 subways (so far). This is the oldest one. (“Heroes
Square” stop)
not a great pic. of Heroes Square
But the statues are very cool.
Hungarian rulers and kings
Winding our way back down Andrassy ut.
Oh look, a café! This was one recommended in Fodor’s guide book, whose advice and paths we followed quite often. While Joe enjoyed his beer, I ordered a latte and “palacsinta” which are like crepes, several stacked and spread with jam, chocolate, and fruit.
There is a rich, and sad, Jewish history here.
People were kept captive in this synagogue in WW2.
Those who died had to buried there (against Jewish law).
Courtyards connect with apts and a few shops. In WWII, this was the Jewish ghetto.
The fascist Arrow Cross party led their gov’t in the mid-1940s.
Thousands of Jews were murdered, as much as Raoul Wallenberg tried to save them all.
Cast iron shoes make a memorial to those who were shot facing the river so they would fall into the Danube.
Let’s move to a lighter topic…
Hair color, streaks, highlights… while “older” women avoid the gray
There are enclosed markets and many friendly dogs.
200 forints per kg ~ 50 cents/lb.
More interesting architectureThis is the Hungarian Parliament.
To save money, fake marble was invented. You’d never know!
The cigar holder. How short the cigar became was a gauge of how long/good the speech was.
Free evening music performances
Riding the tram around Buda on our last day
Spray paint graffiti is all over.
A final toast with our Hungarian “Two-buck Chuck”
After Budapest, we catch the train back to Vienna for
1 night.
Mozart’s requiem, performed in St. Stephen’s cathedral, is
a beautiful end to our trip.
The end.