Trams, subways, buses and more

Budapest has multi modal transportation systems that get you everywhere pretty easily.  But some trams are the same numbers as Metros.  So you do have to be on the alert.  But almost everything was a 30 minute walk from our location, so even if we missed everything, we could have gotten home.  Today we went to the New York Cafe, named after New York Insurance company, and today it's a high class hotel with a fabulous restaurant and live music.  Think Versailles and you have an idea of the opulence and decadence.  We followed Rick Steve's advice and had a beverage and split a small snack.  Lovely.

We stopped at a lovely park and saw the Heroes Square, which is where the attempted revolution of 1956 took place.  Anthony Bourdain's Budapest show highlighted the daring film makers who documented the uprising and smuggled the film out.  It was pretty intense.  After that we went to the nearby Castle that now houses the Agriculture Museum.  It's now 100 years old, celebrating the 1000 year history of the founding of Hungary.

We finished with a trip to the Danube, with a view of the Chain Bridge and the Castle Hill in Buda, across the river.  Got a picture of the Buddha with Buda in the background:)

The shoe memorial along the Danube, commemorating those who were killed and toppled into the river during World War II by fascists called the "Arrow Cross".