The group had the Buda side sights for today. Joyce knew to ride bus 16. She and Jerry had all access bus tickets but the other two needed to purchase some tickets. Larry and Debbie went in search of bus tickets.
Educational Moment: Hungary is sneaky about their metro / bus tickets.. Here are the rules:
- If one doesn’t validate their ticket before stepping over a line, then one is fined 16,000 HUF about $50.
- You can pay 8,000 HUF right away. (Doesn’t that seem fishy? It does say to get a receipt.)
- If you wait more than 30 days, they double your fine about $100.00
- It doesn’t matter if you have the ticket, it must be validated
- If you transfer, you have to walk out and start over again with a new ticket and new validation.
Debbie was scared and determined to have a ticket clutched in her hand. She and Larry went to get tickets (not unlimited) and this nice college age boy came over and volunteered to help Debbie (She really didn’t need the help.) Once they had the tickets, the nice boy asked for money because he was hungry which would have been much more convincing if he hadn’t been eating a pastry at the time. ( Debbie left a tip begrudgingly)
They were able to make Bus 16 and saw lots of sights. (However the validation machine did not work).
- The outside of Buda/Royal Castle
- The changing of the guard
- Fisherman’s Bastion – It really has no historic value but has some great views. The group has trouble with Debbie trying to pose something she is not good at.
- The Church of the Assumption of the Buda Castle, more commonly known as the Matthias Church is a Roman Catholic church located in the Holy Trinity Square, Budapest. It is a big tourist attraction.
- Hospital in the Rock Nuclear Museum – is the name given to a hospital created in the caverns under Buda Castle in Budapest in the 1930s, in preparation for the Second World Wars
Please let us out, we wont make any more noice 
The guards are large in Hungary 
The guard and his friends 
Turul, national bird of Hungary 
We don’t know the name but it is sort of busy 
Some important ruins 
St. Matthias Church 
Arches in the church 
Fancy ceiling 
Inside of St. Matthius Church 
I am Larry Eng and I don’t know where I am 
Debbie really likes the roof 
Debbie told Larry where he was 
More ruins 
St. Stephen first king of Hungary 
Joyce at fisherman’s bastion 
How do we get Debbie to stop posing? 
“We are men” pose! 
Surprise Larry, Jerry fooled you. 
Watch me Joyce, I will show you how to pose. 
This is the first pose that I will teach you 
Let’s just leave. 
Our Guide, Veronica 
You thought that we were making this place up