Wednesday 25 May 2016
Day four of our cruise on the Danube
The Basilika
at Esztergom, Hungary
Esztergom
- the largest church in Hungary and former capital city.
Towelling snail on the bed.
Zebegény
Rival ship from Rousse
Hungarian hills.
View of
Visegrád,
Hungary
Moody Blues
Old castle at
Visegrád
Barging past.
Vác, Hungary.
Five churches in one photo.
The weather was warming up - so down to some serious sunbathing.
Hungarian water ferry.
Megyeri Bridge.
The "Aquamarina" floating hotel.
Ships that pass in the day.
In sight of Budapest.
First sight of the
Hungarian
Parliament Building on the Pest side.
Fisherman's
Bastion on the Buda side.
Buda castle.
Amateur photographer.
Nearing our moorings....
Liberty
Statue on the Citadel.
Turning round to face upstream.....
Danubius
Hotel - with Gellert Spa and Baths.
Liberty
Bridge, Budapest.
Cultural Centre and '
The
Whale' on the Pest side.
Gellert Spa and the Citadel on the Buda side.
Easing in to our moorings.
Gently does it.
Off on our coach trip around Budapest.
On foot at
Heroes'
Square.
Millenium Monument in the centre.
Staute of the Angel Gabriel.
Grave of the Unknown Soldier.
City
Park near Heroes' Square.
Same old Trabant as last year at the Fisherman's Bastion on the
Buda hills......
I donated in 2015 - but I don't see any improvement!!
Matthias
Church on Buda Hill.
The King's Raven ensign.
Statue
of King St. Stephen.
View across the Danube to the Parliament Building.
Another view without the tourist in the way!
Falconer.
Arty photo.
Matthias church - without the tourists in the way.
Looking down on Budapest from the Citadel.
How big Tony?
Kay and Tony.
Not a glass-bottomed boat.
Rudas Turkish thermal baths
in the early evening light.
Liberty statue as we set off for our night river cruise.
Parliament building all lit up....
Approaching the Chain Bridge.
Buda Castle.
Buda Castle.
Chain Bridge.
Fisherman's Bastion and Matthias Church.
Parliament Building.
©Ken Duffey
June 2016