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Tosca @ Hungarian State Opera House
The night before we left Budapest, we saw an opera with my colleague A and her husband M at the Hungarian State Opera House (i.e., Magyar Állami Operaház). We saw Tosca despite the giant display says Cosi fan tutte. The foyer was very ornate, reminded us a little bit of Versailles (see pictures here). Months in
Random Photos #146 – 150
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 #146 – tree on rock
The Bridges across the Danube, Budapest
The Danube is the longest river in the EU. We had no idea. It originates from the Black Forest in Germany (see our post about it here) and travels southeast through four capitals before entering the Black Sea at the border of Romania and Ukraine. The four capitals are Vienna (see a sample of our
Pest-Buda, Buda, Budapest
We have a couple more posts about Budapest – recap – we were there in November last year for a long weekend … click here, here and here to see some samples of earlier posts. Pest-Buda Vendéglő (Pest-Buda Inn) is located on the Buda side of the city. It is described in a local guidebook
