Valentine hearts ;)

The day is most closely associated with the mutual exchange of love notes in the form of “valentines”. Modern Valentine symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged cupid. So how and where did I spend Valentine’s day this year? The good news is: I spent Valentine’s day with my Valentine! We spent the day (weekend) at Budapest. Budapest is a lovely city, a perfect ambiance to spend Valentine’s day!

Post Office Savings Bank

The idea for this trip started with Angelika’s proposal to visit Budapest. Budapest was (still is) one of those ‘must see’ cities on my list of places to discover. We traveled by bus from Vienna and spent the nights in a youth hostel. But most of our time was spent on the streets! Budapest is easy to navigate, the city is devided by the river Danube, ‘Buda’ at one side of the river and ‘Pest’ at the other side. While walking the streets, I felt immediately taken by the city’s atmosphere of rich culture and great history. So many remarkable buildings all together! Most visitors of Budapest will know the parliamant building, very dominant at the banks of the Danube. There are many more, but my favorite was the Post Office Savings Bank (Postatakarék-pénztár) of architect Ödön Lechner. The building is located at two narrow streets so Lechner designed a fairly straight face with not much ornaments, but the roof is all the more spectacular! The roof is designed of bright ceramic tiles and ornaments. All parts showed very much care for detail and I was very impressed!

I found a quite spectacular presentation of the interior of this building, have a look at: http://www.panoramablog.eu/media/convert2.php?format=qtvr&cat=budapest&file=kincstar4 (It’s an animation, press Left-CTRL and Left-SHIFT keys to zoom in and out, move the mouse to rotate)

Ethnologic museum - traditional burial

To Angelika and me, this was a first trip into another country together. I have enjoyed every bit of the trip; we had great fun, lovely moments and many shared interests. We spend several hours at the ethnologic museum which was quite an impressive experience to both of us. At the first day of our visit we found a very nice and good Indian restaurant where we made reservations for Valentine’s day to have dinner together. We both stopped at the same buildings when fascinated by the architecture. But we also enjoyed the funny or hilarious moments when making pictures in the streets. I have found my Valentine and travel companion..

I live my dreams together with her!

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