We started in Budapest on Saturday.  Budapest is divided into Buda and Pest by the Danube River.  We stayed on the Buda side in the Castle District way up on a hill.

The Budapest Hilton	Back of our hotel is to the right.
The view from our room (below) was spectacular

Below is a view of Buda from the Chain Bridge.  Our hotel is next to the tall spire on the left

We explored the Castle District on Saturday and went over to the Pest side on Sunday.  Monday we toured the city by bus and on foot.  Here's a sample of what we saw:

Fishermen's Bastion behind our hotel	Lots of decorated eggs for sale.	National Academy of Music	Cobblestone streets in old Buda
Chain Bridge, the first built over the Danube in Budapest	Funicular down the hill to the Chain Bridge	Jill on the grounds of the Royal Palace	Gate through the old wall around the Castle district
We ate dinner the first night in this building	Serenaded at dinner.	Jill and Art at the top of the funicular above the Chain Bridge	From our Danube dinner cruise
Mathias Church, Budapest's oldest	The Budapest Opera House	Heroes Square	Place where we ate lunch
A little paprika stand	Looking back at our hotel

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On to Vienna