Saturday, September 18, 2010

singapore botanical gardens










my new orchid necklace





trying a mooncake during the mooncake festival















Friday, September 17, 2010

Our stop over in Singapore on the way home to Australia



Yummy vegetarian restaurant

Little India

Stunning gold jewellery- I want one!
The Singaporean version of the hills hoist clothes line- washing hanging on poles out the window


















Our hotel- Grand Mercure Roxy. Lucky us got upgradded to a suite because our room was double booked.


Arriving in Singapore

At Budapest airport headed to Frankfurt for one night enroute to Singapore and home

Our hotel- Mercure Korona

Museum of applied arts



Why would anyone graffiti such as stunning building?



Amazing ceiling
My Budapest birthday

Birthday dinner- mushroom rissotto and Greek salad


mosaic floor
















szechenyi chain bridge spans the Danube was the first permanent bridge to link the cities of Buda and Pest.


The Budavari Sikla funicula (cable car to castle hill)


St Mathyas Church










The presidents office building on castle hill







view from castle hill over the city. This is the bridge we ran accross to the triathlon finish line.
Hungarian National Museum