Budapest has the most beautiful river front of any city I have seen. This is both because of the magnificence of the buildings, constructed when the Austro-Hungarian empire was at its peak, and the absence of intrusive modern buildings near the waterfront.



The daytime weather was almost cloudless for the whole weekend. This was not ideal for river scenes, but I took several shots of the iconic chain bridge that joins Buda to Pest, and the spectacular architecture on the Buda side. In the evening these amazing structures were lit with a golden glow which set against a jet black sky made quite magical images.



These photos were taken with my OM-3 camera, and the Panasonic 14-140mm (28-280 FFE) or the Olympus 9-18mm (18-36 FFE). I am increasingly impressed by these two lightweight travel lenses, and can see no quality impact of using them versus my larger pro glass. They enable the OM-3 to be an outstanding travel camera, as good for discreet street shots as long exposure river scenes.



Budapest should be the perfect European city. It has beautiful architecture, great jazz and classical music, and excellent art galleries. It's not perfect for me though because despite trying quite hard, I only had one above-average meal the whole time I was there. Hungarian food makes few concessions to those who want a lighter style, and alternative cuisines from other countries are almost all poor imitations and mostly downmarket. This is the only thing that stops me going back.



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