Széchenyi lánchíd - Chain Bridge, Budapest

We say Buda, you say Pest! BUDA...PEST! BUDA....PEST! We say Freeze Your, you say Butt Off! FREEZE YOUR....BUTT OFF! FREEZE YOUR....BUTT OFF!! It was beautiful and we had a great time but I was a little chilly on the Danube. After a short 2 hour flight from Geneva we arrived in Budapest late on Friday night. The guy who picked us up from the airport was very friendly and informative about everything Budapest. I never realized there is a distinction between the 2 parts of the city that is divided by the Danube rive. The West side is the Buda side and the East side is the Pest side. As in Prague, we stayed in a small studio apartment that was nice and centrally located. We saw lots of sights on Saturday including a church inside a huge cave,the "castle district", and the Great Market Hall. All of which were amazing, especially the Great Market Hall where I decided to buy some delicious looking chocolate treats but failed to realize how much a half kilo really is. Needless to say Dena looked at me shaking her head and I was smiling from ear to ear. The people from Budapest are rather reserved and keep to themselves but when you speak with them they are very nice and welcoming. We had dinner at one of the most famous restaurants in Budapest called Gundel. The food was fantastic and the string quartet made it feel even more elegant. We were a little unlucky with the weather on Sunday because it started off raining and turned to snow and lasted the whole day. That still didn't stop us from visiting the Parliament building, St. Stevens Basilica and the Terror House. The Terror House is a museum that tells the history of Nazi and Communist rule over Hungary and it was very impressive and moving. It is actually housed in the old headquarters of the communist party that ruled Budapest. So its rather fitting that it has been made into a monument for those who fought against them. All in all we had a great time and will remember our journey always.