Budapest, Hungary « Jiaqiandcandice

Budapest, Hungary

Once again.. I’m flying again.. This time is a Big advenure.. I will be travelling from 3rd march – 6th April.. Destination : HUNGARY, UKRAINE, MOLDOVA, ROMANIA, BULGARIA, CROATIA, FINLAND, ending with a 3day ROCK CLIMBING TRIP in SWEDEN with the Climbing club.

Sweden’s archiplelago from the plane.. Wizz air Flight was SEk499 ($115sin) Very ex but no choice.. =P

Hungary, officially in English the Republic of Hungary is a landlocked country in the Carpathia Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia. Its capital is Budapest. Population: 10million. Hungary is one of the 15 most popular tourist destinations in the world, with a capital regarded as one of the most beautiful in the world. Hungary is famous for eating big red meat and drinking big red wine and smoking! =)

West railway station in Budapest..

Central railway station in Budapest

The Timewheel is the world’s largest hourglass. It is made of granite, steel, and glass, and weighs 60 tons. The sand flows from the upper to the lower glass chamber for one year. The last few grams of sand flow through at exactly midnight on New Year’s Eve and the Timewheel is then turned 180 degrees so the flow of the sand can resume for the next year. The turning is done by manual power using steel cables and it takes roughly 45 minutes for 4 people to complete the half turn.

Beef stew in Hungarian style. I forgot how much it was but it’s not very nice…

St. Stephen’s Basilica, the city’s largest church. Free

St Stephen’s Basilica is an ecclesiastic basilica. It is named in honour of Stephen, the first King of Hungary (c 975–1038), whose mummified fist is housed in the reliquary.