Danube bends

Spent the last 2 days traveling up and down the Danube Bends, a real nice curvy stretch of the river north of Budapest. I went to Visegrad, what used to be the last Eastern corner of the Roman empire, the last outpost, the last citadel. The latter is perched 350m high on a hill above the Danube. The scenery from up there can blow your mind (see pix below).


I then went trekking in the hills behind and found the perfect spot with another fantastic view, no tourist whatsoever, a picnic and a little sleep. Peace...

I went back to Budapest on a boat from where I admired the Danube bends from the Danube itself. Green hills, little villages here and there, superb houses with probably superb views. This made me think that Hungary is very different to its neighbors Romania and Bulgaria: here, everything is clean, looks nice, people seem more respectful and open. Hungary is definitely more German... And also, they did not have the same type of communism... but I digress.

The following day I visited the enchanting Szentendre, a town which doesn't seem to have changed much for the past 2 centuries. The slow rythm of life in the tiny cobbled streets was the best thing Icould do to recover from the previous night... I got my bearings, walked around and almost fell asleep after lunch on the banks of the Danube.


How exhausting my holiday turns out to be!!!

Tomorrow I am moving on to Vienna. A 6 hours cruise on the Danube through the Danube bends again, Gyors and Bratislava in Slovakia. I am not a happy bunny to be leaving Budapest, such a fantastic city (see below)...