September 25, 2003

BUDAPEST DAY 2

Shaun did some researching for me and found Szoborpark (Statue Park), an open air museum with gigantic communist sculptures that used to decorate the public spaces of Budapest. We took a tour bus out to this park nicknamed 'Tons of Socialism' and spent about 45 minutes wandering amongst the likenesses of Stalin, Lenin and a massive proletariate soldier. In the tiny museum shop they have cans of air that labeled "The last breath of socialism."

After returning to the city, we climbed Gellert Hill on the Buda side of the city and had some spectacular views of Pest, the bridges over the Danube and Margit-Sziget (Margaret Island).

My photos of Budapest