two wednesdays ago on august 20 we celebrated saint stephen's day. it's a national holiday honoring the first king of hungary. we started off the morning walking amidst the crowded river bank to the front of parliament to the bread festival. it was packed with booths selling bread, some making it, and activities for children.
we watched the red bull air race from our side of the river in the afternoon. it was really cool. we got to see the planes turn around at the end of the course and start their way back through. "smoke on!" that's what the announcer would say each time a plane started their run. we got a kick out of that.
the scene. there were several large screens like this one set up along the each bank of the river for an up close view. we liked it because we couldn't see the whole course.
topping the evening were the incredible fireworks! reese got to stay up past her bedtime and see fireworks for the first time. the loudness scared her at first, but we quickly turned it into a color game. budapest did it up right...there were 6 or 7 locations of fireworks. we had a great view of the ones going off of a boat in the river. we could also see them coming up over the parliament building - beautiful sight.
2 comments:
you're so fortunate to live so close to all the action. looks like it was fun. those hungarians sure do know how to celebrate.
we LOVE our location! it's been so nice to be so close to everything. we literally walked 2 blocks to get to the air show and fireworks. we could hear the planes all afternoon.
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