Next we come to Buda Castle and the Mathias Church, with the Chain Bridge below.
And now, my favorite structure in Budapest, the Parliament building.
At the conclusion of the cruise, we got a surprise; viz. we went by bus up to the Buda Castle area where there was an overlook that offered a magnificent view of the Danube and its bridges. Needless to say, a lot of other folks/tours knew about it, too; so I was fortunate to get myself into a position to get some good shots, despite the crowding and short duration of our visit.
This concludes our visit in Budapest. Next week I will start a new series of postings devoted to the Prague leg of the tour. {By the way, I learned that Westerners generally mispronounce Budapest. Phonetically, it is pesht [not pest] because a free s is spoken as sh; in contrast, sz is spoken like our s.} In German, Pest means plague or pestilence.