Museum in Budapest
We toured the palace, which includes a fabulous museum about Buda and Pest and how they came to be Budapest.
The City of Pest, like most medieval cities, was surrounded by a protective wall. The wall is long gone though some remnants still exist. The Inner City is divided into two parts: the busier northern half features luxury hotels along the Danube Promenade and boutiques and shops along the pedestrian-only Vaci Utca - much like Calgary's Stephen Avenue Mall.
Our next pleasant suprise came when Hans' entry fee was 1/2 of mine because he's over 62. This is the first time he's been offered a senior's discount.
One of the more unusual things we saw in the museum was a stand-up computer display featuring an open book with photographs. To turn the page, you simply slide your finger from the right side to the left,and a virtual page curls over and voila, the next page. It was so much fun I flipped through half the book!
The City of Pest, like most medieval cities, was surrounded by a protective wall. The wall is long gone though some remnants still exist. The Inner City is divided into two parts: the busier northern half features luxury hotels along the Danube Promenade and boutiques and shops along the pedestrian-only Vaci Utca - much like Calgary's Stephen Avenue Mall.
Our next pleasant suprise came when Hans' entry fee was 1/2 of mine because he's over 62. This is the first time he's been offered a senior's discount.
One of the more unusual things we saw in the museum was a stand-up computer display featuring an open book with photographs. To turn the page, you simply slide your finger from the right side to the left,and a virtual page curls over and voila, the next page. It was so much fun I flipped through half the book!
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