Category Archives: Budapest

Budapest pt.6

By suff | Published August 25, 2010

ourbikes

One of my most cherished photos from my time in Budapest (and one of the only ones not involving the Chain Bridge or the Four Seasons) is this shot above.  Kim and I rented bicycles one day while she was over visiting, and we rode them all around the city, up and down the Danube, stopping briefly for lunch at my favorite restaurant in town, Goa Café.

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Budapest pt.5

By suff | Published August 24, 2010

fourseasonslobby

“If you go from Mosco to Budapest, you think you are in Paris.”

- Gyorgy Ligeti

(or from Los Angeles for that matter…)

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Budapest pt.4

By suff | Published August 23, 2010

4seasons

“I’d like to live as a poor man with lots of money.”

- Pablo Picasso

(above: the lobby of the Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace, where I was all too fortunate to stay during our filming in Budapest)

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Budapest pt.3

By suff | Published August 22, 2010

chain bridge

Here’s another shot of my favorite bridge in Eastern Europe, this time from my hotel room window, and in the distance, you can see the National Gallery lit up on the hills of Buda.

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Budapest pt.2

By suff | Published August 21, 2010

chain bridge

Széchenyi Chain Bridge is a suspension bridge that spans the River Danube between Buda and Pest, the western and eastern sides of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. It was the first permanent bridge across the Danube in Budapest, and was opened in 1849.  At the time of its construction, it counted as a wonder of the world.

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Budapest pt.1

By suff | Published August 20, 2010

chainbridge

Happy St. Stephen’s Day!

It was five years ago today that I took this pic during Budapest’s annual celebration of their famous saint‘s birthday, which also marks the foundation of the Hungarian state a millennia ago.

The irony, of course, is that I was watching these fireworks with Steven Spielberg (or Saint Steven as I like to call him) and his family from their balcony at the Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace.  The experience was a tad surreal to say the least…

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