Budapest day 3 – Budapest Castle Hill and Nyugati train station

August 25th 2008 – 10:54 pm – Budapest (Hungary)

Today I’ve been to Castle Hill again, but I’ve walked a lot around the castle, thus seeing many interesting things. Now I’ve got it: many buildings in Budapest are not old at all, they’re all renewed because almost everything was destroyed during the two world wars.

Budapest Royal Palace in Buda Castle Hill

I went to Nyugati train station: a wonderful building made of iron by the Eiffel company in the XX century then I walked back home.

Budapest Nyugati train station

Oh, I took the subway to move from Castle Hill to the train station: the trains are old but the stations are modern and clean. Tomorrow I’m planning to visit the Parliament and the Istvan Church. I’ll move to Bratislava on wednesday: I’ll stay there for a couple of hours then I’ll go back to Budapest by train.

Budapest Subway

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Budapest day 4 – Istvan Cathedral and Parliament building

August 26th 2008 – 5:46 pm – Budapest (Hungary)

After a night of relaxing sleep thanks to a brand new anti-mosquito device, finally I went out before midday. I climbed on the top of Istvan Cathedral: nice view of Buda from Pest, two days ago I had a nice view of Pest from Buda.

Istvan Church in Budapest

Then we went to the Parliament Building: there were no tickets left for today, maybe we’re coming back on thursday or friday. The Parliament Building is nice, but I think the London one is a lot better.

Budapest Parliament Building in Pest

Anyway, we had a long walk to the Square of Heroes: a big square with a tall column in the middle.

Arpad Statue in Square of Heroes (Pest)

We took the subway to go back home from there: the trains are very very small and comfortable, so cooool! Budapest is definitely a city you can visit walking, there’s no real need of taking subway or buses, the city center is very small!

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Budapest day 5 – Going to Bratislava by train, from Keleti Train Staion

August 27th 2008 – 8:11 am – Budapest (Hungary)

So I’m going to Bratislava today. Only one day.

You would ask why. Well, make it simple: Budapest is a small city, and I wanted to see something else. Tomorrow I will probably visit the city park and the Synagogue, but today I’m walking around Bratislava, which 200km from here. The train leaves from Keleti Station (Pest East) and it takes approximately 3 hours from Budapest to Bratislava. The timetable reads 9:30-12:12 (Budapest to Bratislava) then 19:42-22:32. The 2nd class round trip ticket costs less than 4.000Ft (16 euro).

Keleti Train Station in Budapest

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Budapest day 7 – House of Terror in Andrassy street

August 29th 2008 – 7:59 pm – Budapest (Hungary)

I’ve been to the House of Terror in Budapest: weird museum. It’s all about Nazi and Communist tortures. Well, probably we need places like this in order not to forget the terror of the dark years of nazi and communist regimes, I don’t know, but all I took home from the House of Terror was a bad feeling. I didn’t feel as I went to a museum, but I felt as I went to a place full of hate against the foreign invaders. If you go to Budapest I recommend you to think twice before going to the House of Terror, maybe you could go the Hungarian National Gallery in Castle Hill instead.

Andrassy ut: a street with many fancy places in Budapest

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