記得到達Budapest的那天晚上春寒料峭，夜色如水，幽靜中彌漫著令人心動的美麗。
1904年竣工的Hungarian Parliament Building，長得像一座童話城堡，怎不讓人一見傾心
從Danube Promenade上與Buda Castle隔河相望
Szechenyi Chain Bridge
在Cafe Kor吃了第一頓晚餐，餐館不大，裏麵人很多，很幸運在角落裏還有兩個座位，餓了，不能再等了:)。路過離水邊不遠的一個超市，就進去買了點水果和牛奶，排隊交錢的時候，旁邊隊有一個中年男子主動問我是不是中國人，看他表情怪怪的，我還以為碰到了一個種族歧視者，結果是一個很友好的本地人，嚇我一跳，看來人是不可貌相滴。
St. Stephen's Basilica
St. Stephen's Basilica內部，絕對讓人awestruck，紅色大理石把整個殿堂襯托得莊重而又高雅
沿著水邊漫步，對麵的歐式建築賞心悅目
Shoes on the Danube memorial, Conceived by film director Can Togay, he created it on the east bank of the Danube River with sculptor Gyula Pauer to honor the people (mainly Budapest Jews) who were killed by fascist Arrow Cross militiamen in Budapest during World War II. They were ordered to take off their shoes, and were shot at the edge of the water so that their bodies fell into the river and were carried away. It represents their shoes left behind on the bank (Wikipedia).
每個鞋子都在無言地訴說著悲傷的往事, 想想他們的絕望都會讓人感到心寒
路過雄獅把守的Chain Bridge
沿著纜車旁邊的台階拾級而上
就能到達Danube terrace，從這裏遠眺Chain Bridge和Pest
過了這個門就是Buda Castle了
The mythological Turul bird, a national symbol of modern Hungary (Wikipedia)
Monument of Prince Eugene of Savoy in front of Buda Castle
Fountain of the Fishing Children
總統府Sandor Palace前衛兵正在換崗
Matthias Church, built in Gothic and Gothic revival style
Holy Trinity Statue
Fisherman's Bastion was designed and built between 1895 and 1902, its seven towers represent the seven Magyar tribes that settled in the Carpathian Basin in 896 (Wikipedia)
門洞裏的雕塑栩栩如生
King Saint Stephen's sculpture
把Hungarian Parliament Building裝進這扇窗:)
看不夠的Hungarian Parliament Building
Hungarian Parliament Building，裏麵富麗堂皇
廣場前巡邏的士兵
議會大廈對麵就是Museum of Ethnography
美國總統裏根雕塑
Statue of Imre Nagy at Martyrs' square, Nagy was the reformist Communist prime minister executed in 1958 for his role in the uprising two years earlier (Lonely Planet)，早春的花朵已經開始綻放。
我們的旅館離Hungarian State Opera House不遠
感謝網友的推薦，隻花了2歐元就在歌劇院的頂層看了一場瓦格納的歌劇Parsifal, unbelievable!:) 。可見匈牙利政府對藝術的普及還是很重視滴，反正座位閑著也是閑著:)。
Interior of Hungarian State Opera House
Impressive lobby
A sphinx statue outside the Hungarian State Opera House
Dohány Street Synagogue
超級喜歡Dohany Street Synagogue的內部，典雅精美
入口處有人給男士發放白色紙質的kippah戴上
院子裏的Imre Varga's willow sculpture，美麗而又悲傷，每片葉子上都刻著Holocaust殉難者的名字
Rumbach Street Synagogue
裏麵已經破敗，隻有一些古舊的物品擺放在牆邊
米其林一星的小店Bors GasztroBar離得不遠，一份三明治加湯才5歐元，非常好吃，推薦！
搭乘歐洲大陸最早的地鐵，離地麵距離很淺
來到了大氣的Heroes' Square
側麵就是Hall of Art
City Park Ice Rink, opened in 1870, is the largest and one of the oldest in Europe (Wikipedia)
Elaborately carved portal, Jaki Kapolna Chapel
Statue of Anonymus, 據說摸筆尖能給人寫作的靈感，難怪已變得這麽光亮了:)
暴走一天後，黃昏時分來到Széchenyi thermal bath泡溫泉，裏麵有很多不同溫度的水池供人選擇，我毫不猶豫地選了中間穹頂下最漂亮的那個:)
Ceiling in the lobby
出來後夜色已悄悄降臨，Vajdahunyad Castle
走到Paprika Vendeglo去吃晚餐，喜歡這個裝魚湯的餐具
Chandelier inside Four Seasons Hotel Budapest (Gresham Palace)
Soviet War Memorial
Statue of Lajos Kossuth, leader of Hungary’s 1848-49 War of Independence against Hapsburg rule，雕塑後麵隱約可見超長的黃色有軌電車。
Statue of the Independence War
Monument to the victims of the German occupation
街頭即景
Cafe Gerbeaud離此不遠，甜點很讚
記得第一次去西歐旅行的時候，導遊就對東歐的旅遊資源讚不絕口，這次雖然是淺嚐即止，也算是了卻了一個小小的心願。以後有機會，一定會再多走幾個國家，深度體驗其豐富的文化內蘊和獨特風情，嗬嗬，已經開始了新的期待...
