And inspectors checked our cards on two occasions as we rode, not to mention the inspectors standing on guard at the subway entrances.
Sunny, cloudy, sunny, cloudy, and rainy as we waited for our final bus #16 that runs up Castle Hill. We confirm that Budapest weather can change quickly.
The ironic Liberty Statue. Ironic? Yes, was erected on Gellért Hill in 1947 to mark the Soviet liberation of Hungary from Nazi forces during World War II. That "liberation" lasted for some time, didn't it?
One section of the exceptionally large Parliament Buildings that we'd seen from our hotel room window. The buildings are two tram-stops long.
From the Pest side we can look up across the river at Castle Hill, Matthias Church, and our hotel.
Kathy and Brian
Two retired educators alternating joyfully between seeing the world and enjoying our eight grandchildren (in order of birth), Jake, Avery, Taegan, Lily, Peyton, Riley, Blane, and Jace.
Kathy and Brian met in the clarinet section of the University of California (Santa Barbara) Symphony Orchestra several decades ago.
Brian's Western Canadian roots and Kathy's Colorado ties resulted in their making beautiful music together along with producing a cross-border crop of descendants.
Kathy spent a year studying in Vienna at the Institute for European Studies and the University of Vienna.
Brian started the school band program in Hope, British Columbia, and later became the high school's vice-principal for 6 years and subsequently principal for 15 years before retiring in 2001.
Kathy, in between raising our three children, taught kindergarten and first grade, middle school, and high school - mathematics, computer studies, ESL, and her first love, band, before retiring in 2001.
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