written and photographed by Mary L. Peachin
Sep 1998, Vol. 2 No. 11
As darkness falls over the swift, silt-colored Danube, the cities of Buda and Pest, divided by the river, come to life. Violins waft lively Gypsy music through the cobblestone streets, and it flows past Hungarians and visitors, all out for a stroll through Buda’s Vaci district and along the Pest riverfront. Magnificent, eclectic architecture-historic monuments and grand buildings, blemished in the daylight-glow under the spotlights of the evening.