记得到达Budapest的那天晚上春寒料峭，夜色如水，幽静中弥漫着令人心动的美丽。
1904年竣工的Hungarian Parliament Building，长得像一座童话城堡，怎不让人一见倾心
从Danube Promenade上与Buda Castle隔河相望
Széchenyi Chain Bridge
在Café Kör吃了第一顿晚餐，餐馆不大，里面人很多，很幸运在角落里还有两个座位，饿了，不能再等了:)。
路过离水边不远的一个超市，就进去买了点水果和牛奶，排队交钱的时候，旁边队有一个中年男子主动问我是不是中国人，看他表情怪怪的，我还以为碰到了一个种族歧视者，结果是一个很友好的本地人，吓我一跳，看来人是不可貌相滴。
St. Stephen's Basilica
St. Stephen's Basilica内部，绝对让人awestruck，红色大理石把整个殿堂衬托得庄重而又高雅
沿着水边漫步，对面的欧式建筑赏心悦目
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).
每个鞋子都在无言地诉说着悲伤的往事, 想想他们的绝望都会让人感到心寒
路过雄狮把守的Chain Bridge
沿着缆车旁边的台阶拾级而上
就能到达Danube terrace，从这里远眺Chain Bridge和Pest
过了这个门就是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
总统府Sándor Palace前卫兵正在换岗
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)
门洞里的雕塑栩栩如生
King Saint Stephen's sculpture
把Hungarian Parliament Building装进这扇窗:)
看不够的Hungarian Parliament Building
Hungarian Parliament Building，里面富丽堂皇
广场前巡逻的士兵
议会大厦对面就是Museum of Ethnography
美国总统里根雕塑
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)，早春的花朵已经开始绽放。
我们的旅馆离Hungarian State Opera House不远
感谢网友的推荐，只花了2欧元就在歌剧院的顶层看了一场瓦格纳的歌剧Parsifal, unbelievable!:) 。可见匈牙利政府对艺术的普及还是很重视滴，反正座位闲着也是闲着:)。
Interior of Hungarian State Opera House
Impressive lobby
A sphinx statue outside the Hungarian State Opera House
Dohány Street Synagogue
超级喜欢Dohány Street Synagogue的内部，典雅精美
入口处有人给男士发放白色纸质的kippah戴上
院子里Imre Varga's willow sculpture，美丽而又悲伤，每片叶子上都刻着Holocaust殉难者的名字
Rumbach Street Synagogue
米其林一星的小店Bors GasztroBar离得不远，一份三明治加汤才5欧元，非常好吃，推荐！
搭乘欧洲大陆最早的地铁，离地面距离很浅
来到了大气的Heroes' Square
侧面就是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, 据说摸笔尖能给人写作的灵感，难怪已变得这么光亮了:)
暴走一天后，黄昏时分来到Széchenyi thermal bath泡温泉，里面有很多不同温度的水池供人选择，我毫不犹豫地选了中间穹顶下最漂亮的那个:)
Ceiling in the lobby
出来后夜色已悄悄降临，Vajdahunyad Castle
走到Paprika Vendéglő去吃晚餐，喜欢这个装鱼汤的餐具
Chandelier inside Four Seasons Hotel Budapest (Gresham Palace)
Statue of Lajos Kossuth, leader of Hungary’s 1848-49 War of Independence against Hapsburg rule，雕塑后面隐约可见超长的黄色有轨电车。
Statue of the Independence War
Monument to the victims of the German occupation
街头即景
Café Gerbeaud离此不远，甜点很赞
记得第一次去西欧旅行的时候，导游就对东欧的旅游资源赞不绝口，这次虽然是浅尝即止，也算是了却了一个小小的心愿。以后有机会，一定会再多走几个国家，深度体验其丰富的文化内蕴和独特风情，呵呵，已经开始了新的期待...:)。
