The pictures here were taken on September 12 in Budapest, Hungary with my Nokia N-95 cellphone. I was agitated over my upcoming examination and, as usual instead of confronting the concern head on by staying in my room to read, I went gallivanting and enjoyed the scenes and sights of Buda, which is on the other side of the Danube.
When she saw the pictures on my Facebook wall, my Vienna-based friend Maryknoll Padalla commented that aside from poetry, I should add photography to my claims to art. I came close to "expropriating" the compliment but anyone who has gone to Budapest knows that it does not take much to capture artistic shots from this city whose beauty is jaw-dropping.
When she saw the pictures on my Facebook wall, my Vienna-based friend Maryknoll Padalla commented that aside from poetry, I should add photography to my claims to art. I came close to "expropriating" the compliment but anyone who has gone to Budapest knows that it does not take much to capture artistic shots from this city whose beauty is jaw-dropping.
The imposing building on the other side of the Danube is the Parliament which is one of Budapest's main attractions.
Since arriving in Budapest, I have been waking up not later than 6 AM to view from my room window the sun rise in all its magnificence. But this picture is not of the sun rising but of it setting.
Statues are very common in Budapest. The city has a statue of every hero or every figure who has contributed to Hungary's victories and history. This is one of them.
