Month: December 2014
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The Many Statues of Budapest
There appears to be lots of statues in Budapest … The bronze sculpture of a military man (or policeman ?) below is located two blocks behind our hotel – the first one we saw which sparked us looking at many more we encountered later throughout the city. Every tourist who passes cannot resist taking a…
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Írók Boltja, Budapest
Írók Boltja (Writers’ Bookshop) is located on the busy corner of Andrássy street No. 45 and Liszt Ferenc square. It is just down the street from the gigantic Alexandra (see later post). The store is special because it has a history of more than a hundred years, always connected to writers and poets, and played…
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Bordó Bisztró, Budapest
We ate our first dinner here by ourselves after Chris’s conference ended. It was Halloween weekend. The bistro is located at the corner of Nagymező Street and Király Street, a block or so from Andrássy út in the center of Budapest. We avoided a whole line of clearly touristy establishments on Liszt Ferenc tér (friendly host…
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il Bacio di Stile, Budapest
After my (Chris) business meetings, we stayed behind and spent a weekend in Budapest. We were strolling through downtown Budapest on Halloween Friday night and came across this high-end fashion department store – il Bacio di Stile. The store was throwing a Halloween party – Spooky Friday – and would open till 10pm. Not a word of…
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Four Seasons Hotel at Gresham Palace, Budapest
In October, I(Chris) attended a business conference in Budapest at the Four Seasons Hotel. Sue joined me and we stayed for a couple of extra days to see the city. Neither one of us has been to Hungary before. . The meetings were held in this historical Art Nouveau building in the center of Budapest. …
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Random photos #126 – #130
These are the photos I (Chris) took and posted on Facebook. The series was started in March of 2013. There is no theme – just something random and visually interesting. We gave each a title and noted where it was taken (to the extent we could remember the city). random photo #126 – repossessed –…