Thursday, September 14, 2006

hungary - clickety-click!*

After Vienna, we drove to Budapest, Hungary. This city is a lot like Pittsburgh. There's a river (the Danube) that flows through the city and separates the semi-flat part from the really-big-hills part.And to get up that big hilly part, you can take an "incline" (they call it by the real name, funicular, over there...)And once you go up that big hill, there are some wonderful views.Due to the river, there are lots of bridges, which light up at night.There is also an intriguing mix of old and new.There are floods.And beautiful churches.However, I suppose you could say there are similarities between other cities. For example, how often do you see this sign?
that's for you, amber and dave!
One of my favorite memories about Budapest is the key-card holder in our hotel room.You have to put the card in the holder to get the electricity to work in the room (a good idea, by the way)!

*Thanks to some remembered/just-learned HTML coding, the pictures are a little more interesting now, and I can make pictures come up when you click on words! Take a peek.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'll have to point this out to Dave : )

Ruth said...

Hey, I've seen that funicular before! They used it at the end of a leg on "The Amazing Race"!!

Cool.