Because I'm a dork...

Eric posted a link on the Florida Panthers Message Board to this site, so I just had to go play around with it.

Heroes' Square

At the end of Andrássy utcá is Heroes' Square. The square contains many statues of mustachioed men. All photos taken 10 May 2008, with the same Pentax K-1000 with A 35-70/4 zoom as the last batch, again on Kodak Ultra Color 400.


The view from across the street. The small number of tourists is probably attributable to it not quite being the season for tourists in Hungary.


This statue is in the middle of the square.


The building across the street, covered with an ugly banner and blocked by tour buses. I can only imagine what it looks like in July.


Another shot of the center statue.


A few tourists looking at mustachioed statues.

Walking up Andrássy utcá part 2

It was around lunchtime I realized that I needed a watch. I usually use my cell phone, but once I'd turned it off on losing the signal, I lost the time. So, I stopped in a Swatch store near Oktagon and bought a watch for too much money. To be fair, it is a pretty cool watch.

The architecture in Budapest is an interesting mix of styles. There isn't much in the way of really tall buildings, and many of the modern wars in the region didn't affect the city. A lot of the pre-WWII buildings are still standing, and there aren't a lot of examples of Communist-era blocks of flats in the city proper. Nor are there a lot of newer buildings. However, there are quite a few examples of mixed-styles from previous centuries.


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


Sign, Andrassy ut, Budapest, Hungary, 10 May 2008
Pentax K1000, Pentax-A 35-70/4 (70), 1/500, f/5.6, Film: Kodak Ultra Color 400


Building detail, Kodaly Korond, Budapest, Hungary, 10 May 2008
Pentax K1000, Pentax-A 70-210/4 (~100), 1/500, f/4, Film: Kodak Ultra Color 400


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


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

Walking up Andrássy utcá

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