Lifestyle

Life in Budapest is very different from Singapore where I was born and raised. I enjoy living in Budapest as Europeans and Asians are fairly different. Culturally, language-wise makes living a little more exciting

Budapest

Budapest is a very beautiful city. It has spas, world heritage sites, interesting and weird cultures, sometimes :p This is my fifth year living here. It is here I started my family, my cooking and photography hobbies.

Photography

Visuals are very important. I love photography as it is an art that is so wonderful to enjoy from the process adnd the result. I have a cybershot camera while my husband Zsolt has a Canon D 350. Budapest is really a photogenic place with so many photo opportunities.

Bali, Plitvice Croatia, Amsterdam, Venice

We love places like these with a beach, a lake or seaside. Even Venice and Prague are both very attractive as a travel location. Our honeymoon was in Bali Indonesia, it's one of the most suitable place for couples.

Movies

We are pretty much movie buffs and I have the habit of collecting movie ticket stubs. The movies we saw are easily engraved on our minds and the good ones we blog about them.

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Saturday, August 7, 2010

Parliament Building in Budapest

This is my favourite architecture of Budapest. It is my love, love, love!

The features of this architecture is that, it is similar to the Palace of Westminster in UK. It was built in Gothic Revival style and has a symmetrical facade and a central dome.

It is 268 m (879 ft) long and 123 m (404 ft) wide. Its interior includes 10 courtyards, 13 passenger and freight elevators, 27 gates, 29 staircases and 691 rooms (including more than 200 offices). With its height of 96 m (315 ft), it is one of the two tallest buildings in Budapest, along with Saint Stephen's Basilica.

The main façade faces the River Danube, but the official main entrance is from the square in front of the building. Inside and outside, there are altogether 242 sculptures on the walls. Coming all the way from Singapore or Asia, I really think you must see it in real. It has a different mood in different seasons. You can be sure I will mention about it again :)