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Can I put the 30 kilo book on hold please?
Visited two of the oldest libraries in Europe today what we could only see from far but not go inside. One of them was well worth the trip with guided tour that ended with roof access to views of Prague while the other was just a money grab, though library itself was spectacular to look at. The first pic is Klementinum library which still exists in same state since 1700s while the second and third pic is from Strahov library which also exists since around same time and houses some of the oldest books around. klementinum was totally worth it for the guided tour but Strahov looks more impressive with double libraries.
Views from the Prague castle were so pretty and fairytale like.
This book is more than thousand years old.
The town square by the astronomical clock
Where do you go?
For today, I leave you with this.
Straight out of a painting, this.
I guess some people have weird fetishes
This place is exactly what you think it is
Are you coming or going?
That’s not the entrance to Akshardham, but one of the largest thermal baths in Budapest (Szechenyi). We are glad we didn’t do the thermal baths on a warm sunny day but wow the whole complex and the area around was just spectacular.
The Hungarian opera house looks like a place I don’t want to be stuck at night:
The stunning Hungarian parliament as taken from the boat tour.
Honestly though the best part of it all is just walking the old town from top of the hill to the bus station - winding cobblestone alleys, buildings with character and great views - the “Buda” part of Budapest is really something (of course the old town part).
Fisherman’s bastion is too much.
Tomorrow we will spend more time at the Hungarian parliament building. This is probably one third of the building I could capture from front but it’s river view is even more gorgeous. There is absolutely no way you can capture the entire building from street. Hopefully the river cruise tonight will give a good opp to capture this stunning building in glory.
I am sorry but I am simply not going to have enough of this view. What a good place we ended up booking and it was not even that expensive compared to a lot of other places.
The Hungarian parliament building as seen from top of Buda castle.
Evening sky over Danube
