Category: Budapest
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The Bridge That Glows Golden
It was nearly midnight on my last night in Budapest, and I was perched by a bay window in our room at the Sofitel, where my new husband and I were staying on the final night of our honeymoon. The room had a magnificent view of the Lanchid, or “Chain Bridge”, aglow with golden lights that spanned…
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For the Birds
This post is dedicated to our lovely feathered friends, who are truly quite stunning creatures, when you really stop to think about it. The first photo in this series was captured last weekend in Ocean City, New Jersey, where the seagulls practically outnumber the beachgoers. The following photo features a seagull soaring over an uprooted…
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The Bronzed Ladies of Budapest
In Budapest, one will note that there are statues nearly everywhere. Photographing the twin statues in bronze featured below, I could not help but wonder what a conversation between them might sound like. Perhaps this (click over image to enlarge) . . . Or maybe this . . . Create your own . . .
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Budapest’s Dohány Street Synagogue
The following photos were taken in Budapest, Hungary on an unseasonably warm afternoon in early May. On this particular day, most stores were closed for the May Day (Labor Day) holiday. The Dohány Street Synagogue, however, was open to tourists, so I stopped in to snap a few pictures. I marveled at both the size…
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Széchenyi Thermal Baths, Budapest
Legend has it that all one needs to do to find geothermal springs in Hungary is poke a hole into the ground. While this may not quite be the case, there may be at least some truth to it: geothermal springs abound in the land of the Magyar. Of the estimated 1,300 geothermal springs in…
Virtually Gina 