Welcome to Vienna!!
holding up well after sleeping on the plane.
Stephansdom
inside...
loved the windows on the roof!
vienna holocaust memorial
admiring the city.
holocaust memorial.
Rathaus (City Hall)
pretty huge.
down the street--another church!
classic european park.
achtung! museum.
vienna loves its bikers.
hofburg palace.
bikes! palace! whee!
viennese dig making clocks.
i am here.
Riesenrad at Prater.
behold! vienna!
steeples and gold houses.
riding the ferris caboose.
ariel works over there in the big buildings.
from above.
my favorite picture of the danube.
... and we're in prague!
the pretty prague facades.
dancing girl builing--a modern touch.
i'm in prague!
we are quite the intense photographers.
autumn in prague.
astrological clock in old town square.
here's the square...
...and here...
... and here.
we dig the square.
so colorful! so old! so pretty!
powder tower.
going to the top of powder tower...
shooting my arrow at prague.
red roofs.
playing with composition.
spanish synagogue.
the old jewish cemetary.
a 13th century synagogue and jewish town hall.
a banjo... in prague!!
strolling across charles bridge.
on the other side.
checking out the bridge.
i bought this because it started with three consonants. i'm smiling because it's delicious.
from the top of the hill.
more red roofs and golden leaves.
St. Vitus Cathedral.
perfect afternoon sun.
it was impressive. promise.
wandering around a very deserted palace grounds.
there's a mystic pizza in prague!!!
does it get any better than czech beer on a big czech hill? ariel thinks not.
i concur.
a monastary (i think...)
this would have been more effective if his eye was closer to the scope. :-)
the moon is coming out.
goulash!!
hot wine & charles bridge--winning combination.
i figured out how to take night pictures.
so i took a couple.
wenceslas square.
palacinky... mmmmmm.
more mmmmm.
back to vienna.
but not before we pick up some czech budweiser.
which i sort of loved.
view from the train.
we're not done site-seeing. the belvedere.
not exactly an egyptian sphinx.
ariel & palace.
fun fact: the belevedere is now a museum.
dinner on graben.
and we're budapest bound!
good-bye, vienna.
now this is a european train station!
welcome to budapest. here is an old, old church (13th century, i believe)
the view of buda from pest.
elizabeth bridge & ariel.
me & flowers.
serious photo taking... and chain bridge.
a so-so cheesy pretzel.
chain bridge.
st. stephens cathedral.
moon & cathedral.
i had the camera taken away from me.
we're having problems showing you the cathedral.
i give up!
my favorite parliament ever (on the far right is the final remaining Soviet monument)
in liberty square.
very gothic. very dramatic.
love it.
night time view of buda.
the view of buda palace from pest.
chain bridge at night.
eating along the danube: the restaurant provided blankets!!! i love this city!
europe's largest synagogue.
nice star.
inside the synagogue.
budapest holocaust memorial: weeping willow with a name of the a victim on each leaf.
on my way to buda.
old bridge, new graffiti.
here we come, funicular!
taking lazy folks up the hill since 1870.
and we're off!
parliament in the sunshine.
hello, pest!
checkin' it out.
art & architecture.
still enjoying the view of pest.
did i mention i loved the parliament building?
it's like i belong here.
yay! someone offered to take our picture.
wandering around buda.
the buda hills.
buda is nice.
working our way down the hill... on foot this time.
beers & parliament.
chicken paprika. maybe my favorite meal on the trip.
margaret island.
pleasant view from the island.
we return to pest.
pedestrian street: vaci street.
i am sad to say goodbye, but ariel wouldn't let me pout.
my favorite bar in the world!!!!
kirche in karlsplatz.
karlsplatz.
trams, german signs, old buildings--ah, europe!
smart car.
... and vienna's favorite son, johann strauss.
