T Stands for.....Travels in Budapest

Hi everyone! We are back from our Europe trip and I have just a few photos of the start of our trip today!
We had glorious weather all of the time until the last evening and morning when it cooled down a little! Now we are home we are both feeling quite cold as it was in the high 20s most days and some over 30*C
There was so much to see and there will be quite a few photo posts coming up!

I shall start by linking to T Stands For Tuesday because as you probably know each Tuesday Bleubeard and Elizabeth host this little T party so we can share what we have been drinking (and sometimes eating too)!

 We arrived by plane to Budapest (having had the most horrendous wait in line to the security check - nearly two hours!)
Luckily we could get into our room straight away and after hanging a few clothes up we headed out for lunch. Last time we had stayed in Budapest was overnight to catch a plane and we were back in the Hotel Maramara and happy to be so. We knew that there were some restaurants around the corner so we headed to an Italian over the main road.

 First a drink - which was accompanied by a basket of lovely bread.

We both chose salads, which were delicious but I forgot to take a photo as I was hungry!

We walked down to the Parliament area and found this new feature which gave fabulous reflections

We watched some soldiers walking very solemnly around the flagpole.

There was an awning with small tents under it and some people sitting around on deckchairs with placards - the only word I could read was 'Anarchy'! 

We walked on around the area and came across a Chocolate Museum - I will return to this another time!

As evening wore on we got some great views across the river

The next morning we walked to Szechenyi Baths. If I had known how far it was I probably wouldn't have! I was distracted by the shops though! Most of them seemed to be women's clothing shops all along one side of the road with a railway line on the other - some were very upmarket! There was also this florist, with a floral gown and bicycle! 

The baths were incredible!

 The ticket  hall was like a grand house

We were allocated cabins...

.....so got changed and headed outside!

One pool was warm and the other one we went in was even warmer! There was also another pool for serious swimmers. We only took these photos as we walked around afterwards - to investigate the other areas.  

 I am not so keen on swimming - or being out of my depth in water and found the floating sensation a bit weird to start with - there are mineral salts in the Spring water. 

There's no way to censor these views of the white bodies but as everyone else was taking selfies we joined in!

We had been told there were inside baths too, although now I had my phone we didn't venture in - the temperature of each pool was indicated on the wall.

I enjoyed it so much in the end that we stayed on longer than we had planned!

If (or when) we go back to Budapest it will be on our list of things to do once again! 

We had an unremarkable lunch from one of the kiosks close by - we made the wrong choice as we had seen some really yummy looking food but didn't know what it was called!

We made up for it later though - but that's for another T Day!

Hoping I can get around to everyone - I failed last time as I had expected to have waiting time in the airport!!!   

Thanks for looking, Chris