saint stephen basilica

[you probably won't believe what i am doing now, i was burning late night oil last night. some of the shared folder migration failed due to naming convention or the path name too long, as a result we have to move the folders manually. that's exactly what i had done last night, and what i am doing now, i just have to log on to the file servers and do the moving and it takes time... so while waiting, i will post another blog entry to kill the boredom...]

i am still on my travel tale of budapest, so from the colorful central market, i now bring you to the famous cathedral called szent istván-bazilika in hungarian language.

saint stephen basilica is what it's called in english, an clean line, elegant cathederal that named after the first king of hungary who is also mummified here.

you stand at the square and have a picture with saint stephen... it was late afternoon when you arrived, the sun set on the front building of the cathedral create a cozy and warm feeling...

you walk in and immediately attracted by the heavenly choir and angelic voices, usually you don't like the hymns sing in the cathedral but you find their voices and the rhythm of the hymns are actually quite modern and soothing to the soul and above all pleasing to your ears...

while enjoying the choir, you walk around and observing the glamorous and glitter dome in the cathedral

and the details of the ceiling, all glitters, golden and glorious.... saint stephen basilica is definitely an impressive monument in budapest, and worth a quick visit

at the side room on the entry/exit, there is this little exhibition room that showcase the model of saint stephen basilica

the front view, one can actually pay and walk the way up to the side tower where the whole view of budapest will unveil in front of you, but you didn't do that because you have no more energy to walk the steps....

as you leave the cathedral from the front door, you stand in front of saint stephen basilica and this is the square that leading to a whole stretch of pedestrian and restaurants and shops... all rather hip, pricey and atmospheric but touristic....

the back view of saint stephen basilica that links to andrassy út which you will tell the story in another blog entry...