Monday, September 24, 2012

Budapest-Church in the Rock/Gellert Hill/Market again

We were blessed with another fabulously sunny warm day to climb a big hill!  But first we checked out the Gellert Baths and went on a tour of the Church in the Rock before taking on Gellert Hill, with a picnic along the way to give us strength for the second half.  The view from the Citadel at the top of the hill is incredible; looking down you can see all the bridges along the Danube, and over to the Pest side of the city.  After checking out all the vistas we headed back on down the hill via the serpentine steps along the front side of Gellert Hill then made our way back over to Pest to check out the market again without all the crowds.

Hazy view from hill up to Citadel

Leaving the market we took the tram a couple stops to the Jewish Synagogue arriving just in time to miss the last tour.  It was at this point that our warm sunny day was changed with the arrival of a flash storm.  In came the dark clouds followed quickly by the wind and rain (and I mean a lot of rain).  Since the sightseeing was cut short by the weather we instead found ourselves something to eat in the neighbourhood before making our way `home.
Synagogue
 

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