Photos from Hungary (plus a couple from elsewhere)

Woo-Hoo! Faludi Street! 'nuff said.

Gate to Buda Castle

The other gate to Buda castle

Catacomb under a basilica in Pecs

The catacombs' doorway

Couple hangin' by the Danube

Harlequin statue in Pecs

At a folk festival in Kalocs; this guy could do amazing things with his fifteen-foot whip.

Also at the folk fest

A church in Budapest, made from a cave in a hillside on the Danube

A different church, made the usual way (but decorated to the gills)

Here the church is the small building in the foreground; the impressive building in the background is the Parliament building.

Lookout for doorknob-swallowing fish!

...or snake-swallowing door knockers.

Yes, there's a museum for Paprika. In Kalocs.

Sunflowers, one of the signature crops of the Hungarian fields

Street chess by the train station--I liked the contrast of players.

Photo from Germany--a cathedral in Munich

Photo from Austria--a ceiling in Vienna's national art museum

Photo from Switzerland-- art cow.