Random Photos

Here are a few more of the riduculous amount of pictures that we have taken. I pity the fool who asks to see them all.

In order:

Stephansdom Cathedral at night, Vienna. You can see that parts of the church have been cleaned up, but much is still blackened from pollution and WWII.

When we stepped out of the elevator which took us up to the top of the bell tower, we stepped onto not a regular floor, but a very see through grate. It was a little unnerving to look down at the platz from such a height, especially with no warning!

Jenn up near the rooftop of Stephansdom Cathedral, Vienna.

Keith and Istvan in one of the deliciously cold cave that we were in a week ago.

Keith going up the 96 stairs into the Hungarian Parliment building. 4o kg of gold leaf used throughout this building which was built in 1896 to celebrate 1000 years of the Magyar (Hungarian) people having a country here. The had an architectural contest to come up with a design for the building. They were so impressed with the quality of designs that were received that they also built the 2nd and 3rd place finishers across the street- now home to the Museum of Ethnology and the Ministry of Agriculture.

The Great Synagogue, Budapest. Our guide let us know that 45 kg of gold leaf was used in here!

The Weeping Willow Monument to Holocaust survivors located in the garden behing the Great Synagogue in Budapest.