My Little Corner of the World: Walk up Castle Hill

How is this for a great place to walk? One evening, Sister Bagozzi called to see if I wanted to go on a walk with her. So, we walked up to Buda Castle. It was a beautiful evening for a walk through a huge park and up a bunch of stairs to the castle. It was very good stair-stepper exercise!

Once at the top, the first thing you see as you walk down the cobblestone road to the castle is the beautiful Matthias Church. It was built in the mid-13th century, but frequently restored and remodeled in different architectural styles in fashion at the time. The exterior is in Gothi style and was added in 1896. I loved the beautiful colorful tiles on the roof.

After passing by the church, we came to the Fishermen’s Bastion with a statue of Saint Istvan on his horse.

I love the detail on this statue!

We saw lots of cool statues of course. Notice the fisherman holding the fish.

We walked along the top and saw beautiful views of the Duna and Gellert Hill. I love the cool bridges!

This is a picture of Parliament from the Fisherman's Bastion. I think it looks like a castle too.

Looking down at an outdoor cafe on Fishermen's Bastion, with Matthias Church off to the side.

Here is an up close look at the beautiful colored tiles on roof of Matthias Church.

I liked this little statue! Such a happy, little guy! :)

On our way back, we walked by this cute outdoor restaurant.

Nearby, we found the best ice cream shop where we treated ourselves to our favorite flavors. I got Dark Chocolate and my favorite Citrom (lemon). :)

At the conclusion of our lovely walk on Castle Hill, we walked back down all the stairs to the park. As we were walking toward our street, we passed an exercise area they had built there for people to use for free. We tried out some of the equipment to see what it was like and found that it had no resistance like the gyms back home. Still, you can get a good work out if you do it long enough.