Full of curiosity, I went with him back across the river. This time, we went
by tram over Margaret Bridge to Moszkva tér followed by a short bus ride up
the hill to Dísz tér. Along from there at 9 Uri utca is the entrance to the
Buda Labyrinth.
The Labyrinth is a couple of miles of tunnels just underneath the old town.
It is a little spooky but very interesting and we were very surprised to
discover evidence there of a very remarkable nature...
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A cave painting. I have no idea when these are from. I would guess they date
from sometime between last week and a very long time ago. |
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This one was very strange - an antelope with a human head! |
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Les with one of the waxwork figures that have been put there. Les is on the
left! |
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One of the many inaccessible nooks. |
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Me with another waxwork figure. |
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In the Hall of the Mountain King. No, wait a minute, that was Colossal Cave,
wasn't it?!? |
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The pool room. As in body of water, not billiards! |
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The wine fountain room. |
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Well what did you expect? It's wine!!! |
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Half of a very large head. Very surreal! |
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Halfway around the tunnels, we came across an exhibition of items that had
been excavated from the area. They have been dated at about 40 million years
old and represent evidence of a possible civilisation that existed back then.
Here we see the impression of a keyboard and screen. |
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A fossilised cash machine. They obviously had hi-tech banking. |
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And hi-tech communication. Here's a mobile phone. |
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A large drink bottle of some kind. Possibly part of an ancient advertising
campaign. |
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We believe this must be the fossilised remains of some kind of manager. You
can make out a briefcase, laptop and mobile. |
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After that very spooky experience, and excellent display of Hungarian humour,
we went for a walk round the northern part of the city centre. Here is the
synagogue on Dohány utca near Deák Ferenc tér. |
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St Stephen's Square (Szent István tér) with St Stephen's Cathedral (Szent
István Bazilika). You can get an idea of the scale of it from the size of the
people on the front steps. |
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There are a lot of stairs to the top. Fortunately, when they rebuilt and
renovated the building, they had the good sense to put lifts in. Arriving at
the top you look out from the front across the river to the castle. |
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Gellért Hill and the Liberation Memorial. |
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Deák Ferenc tér from above. |
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Matthias Church and Fishermen's Bastion. |
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The castle again. |
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One of the towers at the front. |
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We used the stairs for the journey down, and then wandered north to Liberty
Square (Szabadság tér) where the national television centre is and this
communist memorial which survived the changes in 1989. |
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We then walked round the Parliament building (Országház) and along the river
bank back to the city centre. Here is Matthias Church and Fishermen's Bastion
again. |
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And Chains Bridge once more just as the sky starts to dim and the lights come
on. |