We drove to Budapest and visited the Christmas Market in Vörösmarty tér, the main square downtown Buda. The drive to Budapest was beautiful. The hills along side the highway were covered in snow. The streets of Buda were lined with beautiful Christmas lights and large Christmas trees. The market was full of wooden pavilions selling crafts, jewelry, leather and traditional food and drinks. Children were singing traditional Hungarian Christmas songs and people filled the streets drinking warm wine. Warm wine is a Christmas tradition in this region of Europe.
On the down side, the prices of all the goodies were double those in Pápa, and the market was much smaller than we expected. Vienna hosts a very large Christmas market. so we need to head there if we want to visit a larger one!
All in all, the market had a nice, Christmas atmosphere, and we enjoyed ourselves!
