24 September 2008

Szentendre

Yesterday Shanna and I took a little day trip to a little village not far outside of Budapest called Szentendre. It was cute, all the streets were cobblestone and there were lots of shops and restaurants along the river.
When Shanna came to Sudan we had lots of adventures, things like wandering around an island to stand at the exact meeting point of the two Niles, exploring pyramids in the middle of the desert, etc. Hungary isn't so much an adventure filled kind of place but when we were in Szentendre we thought we'd get off the beaten path and see what we found....and we found this cool sidewalk/passageway. It just went to the other side of the street but we were impressed.
There are Roman ruins everywhere around Budapest and all the buildings and things are just built around them. Yesterday we stopped by some ruins that are underneath the highway. I don't know why I thought that was cool but I really did.
Then today I found myself wandering home right at sunset so I took some time to observe and appreciate the sunset over the Danube.
This last picture is at sunset too. I was hoping that things would be a bit more pink but it was a smoggy day and that didn't work out so well for me.

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