europe slideshow
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A 10-day tour of Vienna and Budapest condensed into 60 slides.TRANSCRIPT
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Paisies’ Excellent Adventure
Vienna and Budapest2011
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A belated 30th anniversary trip finally got underway: Vienna for 5 nights
Hotel key, very
heavy and very
big. We left it
at the hotel
during the day!
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5th floor meant we took the (tiny) elevator, but what a staircase!
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Cozy, no AC, but big windows, and conveniently located!
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Lots of exploring by foot
Old streets And new streets
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The Belvedere (Upper)A huge art collection in what was once
a royal palace “The Kiss” from the
Gustav Klimt collection
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St. Stephan’s Cathedral (Stephansdom)
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The colored glass panels create rainbows inside the church.
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And to think this was BADLY damaged by bombs in WWII
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On to the Hofburg, winter palace of the Austrian Imperial family
There are many buildings in the “museums quarter”
One museum held just china, silver, and candelabras!
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These people had wealth.Spanish Riding School is here, home of the
Lipizzaners (look at sign )
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Marine acquaintances were also in Vienna at that time! They were on a Danube cruise and we arranged to meet for dinner.
Rachel & George Gibbs, Sr. We enjoyed an “original” Bud.
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You, too, can speak German!
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Statues abound
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The Schonbrunn. The summer imperial palace. We took a self-guided audio tour
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Gardens and a café stop (that would be guglhopf and coffee melange )
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Our favorite Vienna tour:The Third Man (drittemanntour.at)
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Someday, watch this movie. It’s an oldie: Joseph Cotten, Orson Wells
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Getting around on trains and trams
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Dogs & beer are ok. But no food.
Leash & muzzle expected
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We took a ride to Grinzing, to the “heuriger” area (wine-garden eateries)
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Very tasty, in any language!
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Fun times at the “Zwolf-Apostelkeller
Part dates to the 1300s A happy man, ready to eat.
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More of the “12 Apostles”
New “friends” from Germany, celebrating a birthday.
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Vienna has much to offer…
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For kids and adults: The Prater
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The Kunsthistoriche (art history)
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Time to see what Budapest is like!
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We’re not in Kansas anymore
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Hotel Kalvin HouseGuests ring to be let in the front door. Walk up to the reception level.
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Our room deserves a look !
It was a bit noisy, but close to metro and restaurants
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Out and about in BudapestLooking up at
St. Stephen’s Basilica Now we’re up, looking down
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This church has a ‘special attraction’
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Wow.
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The Castle District & St. Matyas (Matthias)
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Fisherman’s Bastion
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A zither player near the Hungarian National Museum
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Down from one hill and up to another
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See that monument wayyyy up there?
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We walked up, and up.
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And up.
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Half(?)way, with a nice view
St. Gerard (Gellert), a martyr The Elizabeth bridge over the Danube
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A Soviet monument (there are many in Budapest) is what we saw from so far away.
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There are 3 subways (so far). This is the oldest one. (“Heroes
Square” stop)
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not a great pic. of Heroes Square
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But the statues are very cool.
Hungarian rulers and kings
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Winding our way back down Andrassy ut.
Oh look, a café! This was one recommended in Fodor’s guide book, whose advice and paths we followed quite often. While Joe enjoyed his beer, I ordered a latte and “palacsinta” which are like crepes, several stacked and spread with jam, chocolate, and fruit.
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There is a rich, and sad, Jewish history here.
People were kept captive in this synagogue in WW2.
Those who died had to buried there (against Jewish law).
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Courtyards connect with apts and a few shops. In WWII, this was the Jewish ghetto.
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The fascist Arrow Cross party led their gov’t in the mid-1940s.
Thousands of Jews were murdered, as much as Raoul Wallenberg tried to save them all.
Cast iron shoes make a memorial to those who were shot facing the river so they would fall into the Danube.
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Let’s move to a lighter topic…
Hair color, streaks, highlights… while “older” women avoid the gray
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There are enclosed markets and many friendly dogs.
200 forints per kg ~ 50 cents/lb.
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More interesting architectureThis is the Hungarian Parliament.
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To save money, fake marble was invented. You’d never know!
The cigar holder. How short the cigar became was a gauge of how long/good the speech was.
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Free evening music performances
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Riding the tram around Buda on our last day
Spray paint graffiti is all over.
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A final toast with our Hungarian “Two-buck Chuck”
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After Budapest, we catch the train back to Vienna for
1 night.
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Mozart’s requiem, performed in St. Stephen’s cathedral, is
a beautiful end to our trip.
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The end.