While in Budapest, we took a side trip to Szentendre. Located about 13.5 miles up river from Budapest, Szentendre is another city with a beautiful old town. Since it is located so close to Budapest, and it is connected with surface streets and a bike path, we chose to ride bikes there. To be quite honest, the bike ride was the more important part of the excursion to Szentendre.
Budapest was once two cities (Buda and Pest) on opposite sides of the Danube River. In 1873 a bridge was finally built that joined the two cities together forming Budapest. Even though the cities are now joined into one they still have their distinct personalities. The Buda side is hilly, has more parks, is quieter and more expensive. The Pest side is mostly flat, has a vibrant night life, lots of places to shop, and less expensive. It doesn’t matter which side of the river you are on, it is all so beautiful!
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Let’s face it, I’m usually a very low maintenance person but every once-in-a-while, you need to splurge on something that really makes your life easier. When it comes to travel, we have found some pretty cool and not so well known travel gadgets that you might just want to splurge on!
