Reportage on the goings on of Craighan
Prior to our arrival in Budapest, we had only been dealing with Romance languages. We know a fair amount of Spanish (far from fluent, but enough), and so figuring out what to buy in Spanish, Roman, and Parisian grocery stores was relatively easy. However, I was wayyy out of my depth in Budapest language-wise, so much so that I never really picked up anything in the twelve days we were there before we moved on to Prague.
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While St. Stephen’s Basilica is a Catholic church, its could easily double as a shrine to Hungarian monarchy.
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My relationship with Budapest got off to a rocky start, but as we got out into the city more, we really enjoyed our twelve days there. It was a nice place to relax a bit, and the architecture and nature are great for afternoon walks.
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Matthias Church is not the biggest church that I’ve seen (seven chapels?), and I was thinking that I could do a quick pop-in, snap a few pics, and be back in Pest quicker than you can say “Neo Gothic.” It did turn out to be the most ornately painted churches I’ve seen. Every square centimeter was covered in floral or geometric patterns, and I really had to restrain myself photographing literally every wall.
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We haven’t visited that many synagogues on this trip, and so I don’t know why I should be surprised at how church-like the few that we’ve seen are. According to our tour guide at the Dohány Street Synagogue, in this case, it was no accident, as the Jewish community who built it were working very hard to show Budapest that they were “integrated” into Hungarian culture.
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