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Budafest in Budapest

Here are some pictures from our trip to Budapest. We went last month to reset our visas and had a pretty good time. Unfortunately we were both under the weather, and so we didn't get to do as much as we wanted. More reason to go back! It's truly a beautiful city, perfect for walking around, and so we enjoyed exploring the streets, shopping, and eating at different restaurants. Hungarian food is really good, at least all the stuff we tried! Some memorable dishes were sampled included chicken in paprika sauce (Hungary is is really famous for its paprika), Hungarian beef with noodles, garlic soup, some sort of chicken with some sort of sauce,  and pork with peppers. We also found a few American style restaurants, and had burritos, sweet and sour chicken, pasta, and pizza. For me, food is definitely a highlight of traveling. That and finding interesting things like this:
It's really a pink phone! I love it!
This is a synagogue called The Budapest Great Synagogue, and its the 2nd largest in the world.
We enjoyed strolling along the river walk. Daniel threatened to chuck me in. I said no.
I'm not sure what this is, but the architecture in Budapest is really interesting and beautiful.
On the bridge over the Danube. 
Girl with red scarf. 
I love this little fellow's hat. It reminds me a little bit of Max's crown from Where the Wild Things Are.
Parliament, the largest building in Hungary and one of the oldest. Quite magnificent, really!
Unfortunately all the days were grey, but I think the pictures turned out pretty well. Daniel disagreed so I chucked him into the Danube.
Scared now?
I would have presented this to my brother for his birthday, but it would not fit in my suitcase. Would you have wanted this Cy?
This reminds me of the green shag in our old trailer in the States. Maybe someone secretly recycled it and sent it to Hungary!
Tradition!!!!
Daniel can jump higher than me.
St. Stephen's Basilica. Really cool.
Latin for "I am the way the truth and the life." Not that I know Latin. I looked it up.
Daniel's dream car.

It was certainly a cool place to visit. We are grateful for the chance to travel, and I'm sure we will be back. One of the nice things about Budapest is that its pretty westernized (compared to Ukraine), but its fairly inexpensive. I was looking at plane tickets just the other day, and right now one round trip ticket is about $55. Not bad!
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