IMG_1360 - On the near side, the Szilágyi Dezso Square Reformed Church (protestant). The Ottomans were religiously tolerant.
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IMG_1375 - Back across the Elizabeth Bridge to explore the busy Pest side of the city
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IMG_1380 - Bálna, the Whale, the shopping, cultural, and entertainment centre that we saw across the river from our boat dock
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IMG_1381 - The exotic EscoBar restaurant in the Bálna shopping centre
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IMG_1387 - The Budapest Central Market Hall, in an old train station. Smelly things like fish are in the basement.
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IMG_1389 - Hungarian goulash mixed spice. For the many local nationalities plus tourists, English is most useful.
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IMG_1391 - Our gang preparing to roam the market
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IMG_1394 - Romanian kürtőskalács (chimney cakes)
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IMG_1398 - The Liberty Statue holds a palm leaf, and the Liberty Bridge has "turuls", an eagle-like totem of ancient Magyars.
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IMG_1402 - Danube River cruise boats. Sometimes the river is too low for the boats to come in, and other times the street is flooded.
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IMG_1406 - The Elizabeth Bridge, Gellért Hill cave, the Szent Gellért Monument, and the Hegedüs Villa (a private rental villa)
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