The weather
by cheesecake17
The time I was there it seems Budapest was under a heat spell..:)....june 23-30 2006 WAS HOT!!!!..35C.....It rained only the day I arrive and the day I left....and the week to come was going to be cooler....
Hungary has a temperate continental climate that is influenced by 3 main factors..
1.- eastern-european continental climate
2.- western-european oceanic climate
3.- mediterranean influence...
USUALLY...January is the COLDEST, while the HOTTEST are July and AUGUST...
Annual average temperature is about 12C......MAX..38C..MIN...
-10C..
SPRING.....is early APRIL..with lots of showers
SUMMER... dry and warm
FALL...cool, foggy, rainy..
WINTERS...short, moderately cold, dry...sometimes sunny..
RAINFALL 415mm..(usually early summer and fall)...dry period..(middle of winter and early fall)
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Gellert-hegy, St. Gellert's Memorial
by croisbeauty
The monument marks the place where Bishop St. Gellert was martyred, rolled down the hill into the Danube in a barrel in 1046.
It is situated on the top of the hill right across the Elizabeth Bridge, if coming from the direction of the Inner City towards the Castle District.
Rebuilding the past and Reclaiming History
by cjg1
Much of Budapest is being rebuilt or restored to it's pre-Communism glory. It's nice to see such grown and rebirth of a city. According to our new friend much of the resoration will take decades to complete.
One facinating project was right by the Palace. They have discovered old wine cellers and are currently planning on making it a wine attraction featuring wines from each region of Hungary. I can't wait for that to be completed.
Buda Hills
by nettyfitz
We had a lovely day in the Buda Hills. We took the No 56 tram from Moskva ter and got off at the second stop. The cog railway is nearby and this goes up Svab Hill and Szechenyi Hill. Then we got the Children's Railway to the Huvos Valley. Children (except for the driver) run the train, check tickets, etc. From the terminus of the train, we walked up Janos Hill (a very steep climb) and then climbed up the Erzsebet Look-Out Tower which is the highest point in Budapest. The view was wonderful. We then decided to walk down firstly via the road until we came to a marked track through the woods (marked by red painted flags on the trees). We came to another station of the Children's Railway and got on the train going the wrong way! However, when we came to the other terminus, we found a stop for the No 56 tram which took us all the way back into Budapest. Take water with you on this trip. The only thing for sale when we got to the top of Janos Hill was candy floss!
Open market
by DPando
Closer to Keleti train station i went to an open air market where if i have to be frank i guess almost 90% of whole stuff there are stolen from shops,markets, wherever you can imagine..yes really..its great to move inside..it was on saturday morning and we took the street from keleti (Verseny and then györgy just in front Puskas ferenc stadiom... its quite huge and be aware from pickpockets so dont go there with visible expensive stuff
one of th emost peculiar stuff was a lot of Lenin and comunist pins that shock with others that make reference to vote bush and Cheney lol
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View of the Parliament Building from Castle Hill
row of colourful houses
In festive illumination
A very twiddly building...
