Árpád, Heroes Square, Budapest
Hungarians like their statues large and exceedingly fierce. This is Árpád, founder of the Hungarian nation, leading the charge for the seven Magyar chieftains, at the Millennium Monument. Like much of what’s currently on show in Budapest, the Monument was created in a spurt of nationalist fervor in the late
Violinist, Heroes’ Square, Budapest 1
Working the crowd.
Violinist, Heroes’ Square, Budapest 2
American dollars.
Chain Bridge, Budapest, Hungary 1
Our arrival in Budapest coincided with record flooding. Southern Germany was underwater, Prague was scrambling to erect flood barriers and the sullen Danube was lapping at the walls of Pest. Here it is on a sultry June evening, before it swallowed the lower embankment. Budapest is a city divided. For
