Vienna, part IV - the old city centre (ii)

St. Stephen's cathedral, continuing on where we left off. This was late afternoon, when the skies had finally cleared somewhat.

Blustery skies, just so you can see the difference.

Stephansplatz, and Vienna finally against a backdrop of blueee skies.

Met up with Thomas for a tincy tiny espresso-sized latte that cost 5 euro. To be honest, there wasn't actually enough of it for me to gauge whether it was good coffee or not.

Random beauties in the heart of Wien.

More Mozart chocolate, in their SPAR.

And THIS. Holy cow, I miss this. Vanilla milk. We don't have this in England or Asia, or any other European country that I've ever been to, for that matter. I loveloveloved this. YUM. It was the first thing I looked for when I arrived in Salzburg.

Fleeting glimpses, nothing more.

Budapest, part II

This post is going to be mainly photos. I'm meeting Chiawei later, the weather's awful and just the way I like it, and I'm not hungry in the slightest.

I visited St. Stephen's Basilica, which was close to the metro station Deak Ferenc ter. Walked around it a bit and took a couple photos and didn't do anything else since it was just too effing hot.

Went around some more and saw this rather nice church. I have no idea what it's called. The colourful tiled roof reminded me of the cathedrals I saw in Sibiu, which makes sense since Transylvanians are mainly ethnic Magyars, after all.

Then I went and took a bus uphill to the famous Fisherman's Bastion. I got off at the wrong stop and found myself in the ruins of what must have been a rather beautiful church. I took a few photos and hopped onto the bus again.

This time, I did get off at the correct stop, and the first thing I said was "Wow." I believe this is the Matyas Templom. It was simply teeming with tourists, mostly Asian.

And behind it, the spectacular Fisherman's Bastion.

A close up of the statue.

And prepare to be bombarded by pictures.

A simply breathtaking view of the Parliament building from the Bastion. A pity that the air that day was pretty bad, hence the dirty-blue skies.

Going off to my next destination, but one last view of the lovely square.