We spent our first full day in Budapest walking across Pest. James wanted to walk to Heroes' Square, so following some wandering in the neighborhood around Red Bus, we made our way to Andrássy utcá, one of the main thoroughfares in Pest. Andrássy utcá is home to a number of landmarks, including the opera house (above), Oktagon, Terror House and at the end, Heroes' Square.


Karoly ut, Budapest, Hungary, 10 May 2008
Pentax K1000, Pentax-A 35-70/4 (35), 1/500, f/16, Film: Kodak Ultra Color 400


Opera House, Andrassy ut, Budapest, Hungary, 10 May 2008
Pentax K1000, Pentax-A 35-70/4 (35), 1/500, f/16, Film: Kodak Ultra Color 400

Phones, Andrassy ut, Budapest, Hungary, 10 May 2008
Pentax K1000, Pentax-A 35-70/4 (45), 1/500, f/16, Film: Kodak Ultra Color 400

About halfway up to the square, we ducked down a side street looking for lunch. We found it at El Greco Hungary, which was running a Sunday lunch buffet. The food was mostly decent Greek with some Hungarian mixed in. James had his first cold fruit soup. If I'd realized that's what was in that crock, I would have had some as well. Instead I had a random meat soup that was pretty good.


Statue, Nagynezo ut, Budapest, Hungary, 10 May 2008
Pentax K1000, Pentax-A 35-70/4, 1/500, f/11, Film: Kodak Ultra Color 400

This was also the first day of our serious car watching. The best cars we saw on this day were a splatter painted SmartCar, a yellow Lotus, a monster truck(!) and a random car with a Florida license plate.


Lotus, Andrassy ut, Budapest, Hungary, 10 May 2008
Pentax K1000, Pentax-A 35-70/4 (35), 1/500, f/4, Film: Kodak Ultra Color 400