Cruising Down the Danube

We spent part of the morning walking around the town and one of the places we visited was the Market Hall. It was in a large building with booths which each sold a different type of food. For example the following pictures show the vegetable both and the poultry booth.








This was an older lady leaving the Market Hall with her grocery purchases in the reusable shopping bags she brought from home.




That evening we went on a Duna Belle dinner cruise on the Danube River. The boat was very open and had clear plexiglass side/roof panels which remained pushed back until it got cold. The views were fantastic and we were served a delicious four course meal. There was a couple which provided live music, all songs from back home. This picture is the dock for the cruise with the Elizabeth Bridge in the background. The boat we went on is just barely showing on the right hand of the dock.




This is us at our table before the boat shoved off of the dock. We were right against the side rail which gave us a wonderful view of the shoreline as we sailed.




There are nine bridges in the Budapest area of the Danube River and we cruised under six of them. This is the Chain Bridge and was the closest bridge to our hotel.




These pictures show the Parliament Building which is on Pest side of the river and the Royal Palace on the Buda side.








The sunset was beautiful. This is the Arpad Bridge and the shore on the Pest side of the river.








It eventually got dark and lights popped out all over the city. Budapest is known as "The Pearl of the Danube" because the many lights that come out at night seem to glow. This building is the Gellert Bath where Allyn went to swim yesterday.




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