Budapest Sightseeing

Fisherman's Bastion

We sure enjoyed sightseeing in Budapest. Especially so, since we were escorted by our Hungarian friends who provided the narration, much as we did for them when they visited us in Edinburgh a couple of months ago. Unlike when we lived/volunteered in Budapest 17 years ago during the winter months when we saw few tourists, the place is now packed with them.

Fisherman's Bastion provided limitless views looking across the Danube into the Pest side of the city (see photo); it is located on Castle Hill where virtually every tourist ventures. We went to markets, to museums, through the old Jewish Quarter, to high-class and casual restaurants, and to cafes and coffee shops. We also visited the neighborhood where we previously had a flat; that neighborhood has been gentrified. Gone is the graffiti and iron bars from the facade of the building we stayed in; the neighborhood now has shops and restaurants.