Budapest 3

11/19/06 - we hung on the buda side of budapest the third day...we visited st. matthais' church, rode on the cog-wheeled tram up to what used to be buda castle, walked a huge hill to the lady of freedom and wandered into places that caught our eye...

here's a great shot of the outside of st. matthais' church....wowowowow...it was such a beautiful fall day...the air was crisp and clean, it was great to be in budapest with such amazing weather...

i love this shot of the painted ceiling....everywhere you looked in this church the space was covered in color....painted everywhere...it was just breath-taking...they also had these incredible stained glass windows....

here's one of them...wowowowow....there was also a cool gallery of the history of this church and how king stephen used to walk over from the castle for service here....there was a box specifically for royalty so they didn't have to sit with the common folks...gotta love that...the crown was on display here as well...

outside of st. matthais' church is the fisherman's bastion...which looks like it would be used for some sort of protection aspect...but we couldn't really figure out what it was doing in that spot...but it gave us a great view of the danube river and the buildings on the pest side....

plus, there was this random guy, sitting at the bastion with his goshawk...drinking his wine from a bottle...he let us take pictures for free and offerred us the chance to hold her...but that cost money...we watched to see if anyone would hold her,but no one did...it was cool though to see this beautiful bird just hanging out :) okay...blogger has had enough...and i have had enough today...i will continue this someday...enjoy the shots...more budapest when i get back....