Walking around Budapest

As usual, I took way too many photos of Budapest. I haven't posted my favorite tourist places yet, but I will. No need to worry. 

This post is full of some of the fun things around town that we saw.

Liberty Bridge:

The Opera:

The Hungarian National Museum:

The Terror Museum:

The Terror Museum focuses on the fascist and communist regimes that ruled Hungary for so long. It is also a memorial to those who were killed at the hand of these regimes. We did not go inside, but we did see pictures of victims that line the outside walls of the building:

A depiction of WWI on the side of a building along Andrassy (Budapest's equivalent to Paris' Champs-Élysées).. and a cool street lamp:

Another view of Andrassy Avenue:

Bailey found a dog... I wouldn't let her bring it home:

Joey found a friend to "hang out" with:

Not much to say. TJ was in heaven:

Joey was determined to see through the center of this sculpture. She needed a little boost:

Crest from 1880 on a huge brick wall:

On a lamp post:

I didn't take pictures of our sit-down meals. Both Erick and I tried some traditional Hungarian dishes. We enjoyed goulash, paprika chicken, home-made noodles, Langos, a broken-up pancake dessert thing (hard to explain, but I'm going to tell the kids I made it for them the next time I forget to grease the pan before making pancakes.. ha ha!), and more.

The kids mostly stuck to safe items like pizza and plain chicken... though Joey did order calamari on this particular evening:

See this lovely green grass behind TJ? It's the only grass we saw in all of Budapest. Turns out it's artificial turf... you know, like what they use on a football field. Hilarious!

Bailey loved this bench. She decided to take a quick break and practice her piano lessons: