Castle Hill

Castle Hill is in Buda and was a short public bus ride from the hotel. I wanted to spend half a day there after having seen it briefly the previous day. The first place to see was Matthias Church. Spectacular on the outside but fascinating painted mural like bricks on the inside. There was also what is called the Fisherman’s Bastion - where one can walk along and have a panoramic view of the Danube and of Pest on the opposite shore. There was a surprising treat when under a band shell a wind orchestra from Freiburg Switzerland were playing. They appeared very professional but the president of the orchestra (whom I talked to) told me that they were all amateurs and worked in such industries as IT and watch making. I then went on to visit the Hospital in the Rock Nuclear Bunker (next posting!).