Follow Milan Kundera's love story at the bridge in Prague. In Budapest, hold your lover's hand, walk across the nine bridges and listen to the heartbeat of love; in Poland, recall Chopin's music, which clearly follows the ebb and flow of his love
After all the lead, the romantic mood of Eastern Europe is standing out. Historical changes, so that the countries of Eastern Europe is far more than the flower world to thick and rich in humanistic atmosphere, in the contemporary economic recovery, the countries of Eastern Europe is also glowing with vitality, so that the nostalgia and vitality, **** with the unique style of Eastern Europe. Eastern Europe, is becoming a new travel destination to witness love.
More conveniently, from this year, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia nine Eastern European countries officially joined the Schengen Agreement. Holding a Schengen visa, you can travel to these countries, Eastern Europe has become another unimpeded version of Europe. European travel, to the east, is becoming fashionable.
The new mood of Eastern Europe, is pulling people's hearts "Eastern Europe complex". Valentine's Day is still one month away, want to play for the other half of the extremely romantic love clip? Then take the "love protagonist" to go to Eastern Europe, the mood at any time to wait.
Hungary walk across nine bridges to remember the heartbeat of love
Buda in the left, Pest to the right, the Danube River flows quietly in the middle, nine bridges will be connected to both sides of the bridge, on the bridge, love dust unlimited. This is the picture of Hungary's intoxication.
Hungary in winter, the main color as the slate of the Chain Bridge as gray, melancholy, indifferent penetration in every corner, and into the night, the city nowhere gold, lights will be the bridge, the palace, the church lit up, warm and quiet, the grandeur of the former empire, vaguely reappear.
Hungary has every aspect you could want. There is Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody, Princess Sissi's ten-year love affair, Petofi's recitation of "life is precious, love is more expensive", there are innocent fairy tales, there are heroic epics, everything is laying a riddle, so that people come to solve one after another romantic mystery.
LOVER love reading book "Princess Sissi"
The movie "Princess Sissi", that year, I do not know how many girls earned laughter and tears, 15-year-old Sissi and the young Austrian King Franz? Joseph fell in love at first sight, the king turned his back on his authoritarian mother's appointed marriage contract, and resolutely married Sissi into the palace. This is the most beautiful love story in the 19th century European royal family, the film also excellently reflects the noble European temperament, before going to Hungary, may wish to revisit this old movie.
But after all, the movie needs to be artfully processed to present only the beautiful side. In fact, Sissi is far more melancholic and deeper than she is in the movie, and her love for Franz is not that perfect. On the contrary, Sissi's love for Hungary and the Hungarian people's deep admiration for Sissi are absolutely real. In the movie, Sissi's herding of horses on the Hungarian steppes is a reflection of this life. To this day, there are more than 100 sculptures of Sissi in the streets of Hungary. Elizabeth Bridge, one of the nine bridges, and Elizabeth Square, the starting point of the famous Andrássy Street, are both named after her.
Budapest, the city of love
Hungary is all about the mood of life in Budapest. It would not be an exaggeration to say that Budapest is the most suitable European city for couples to travel. A gently flowing Danube River, connecting the old city of Buda and the vibrant new city of Pest, makes this unique twin city with a unique atmosphere.
It is said that Johann Strauss Jr. Strauss wrote "Blue Danube" round dance, Blue actually means melancholy, this translation error, let the world has been fantasizing about a clear intoxicating Danube, but when you really come to the Danube, you instead believe that the melancholy river, far more than the imaginary blue deep, sentimental, unforgettable. The beauty of Budapest is condensing on the banks of the Danube.
Old Buda, Buda and Pest have been merged for more than 130 years, but still retain their own style: on one side of the lively and bustling Pest, the Parliament Building is magnificent, Vács Street is a fashionable meeting point, the King's right hand to make the Cathedral crowded, the Liszt Conservatory of Music vaguely heard the sound of the piano and on the other side of the river, Buda is a multitude of monuments, most of the streets to maintain the medieval style. The Fisherman's Castle, the Maghash Cathedral and the Royal Palace, sit on Castle Hill, where couples converge.
Love picks 15 minutes of romance on the Chain Bridge in Eastern Europe
What you must do in Budapest is to pick an early morning, hold your lover's hand and pace across the Chain Bridge, it's not very long, you can walk across it in 5 minutes, but it's long enough for you to take your time and walk across it, and even the 15 minutes on the bridge will convince you that you can't really feel the real Budapest without walking on the bridges of Budapest.
In 1820, Cavalry Commander Széchenyi had to get to the other side of the river to attend his father's funeral, but because of the bad weather, the wooden pontoon bridge could not be passed, and unluckily he waited for a full week to cross the river. From then on, he was determined to build a bridge across the Danube. After raising enough money, he brought in British designers and architects, and after seven years, built the Chain Bridge, now a Budapest landmark.
The four stone lions at the head and tail of the Chain Bridge, with their steely eyes, watch over the people on both sides of the bridge as they cross it safely. The old-fashioned street lights on the bridge are old, and at night, they will emit a gentle light on time, becoming a bit of the bridge's flowing light. Irregular graffiti appears on the bridge from time to time, and Hungarians joke that there are an estimated 10 bad boys who do graffiti all over the city, but no one catches them.
Walking on the Chain Bridge, one side of the sunrise not far from the Elizabeth Bridge, the bridge under the water ducks happily playing "against the current", the bridge, the political center of Buda and the commercial center of the Pest vehicles to and from the other side of the orderly, from time to time there is a morning jogging and working people, hurriedly passing you by the Hungarian people's small life, jumped on the bridge. The small life, jumped on the bridge.
Budapest's nine bridges are: the new Pest Railway Bridge, the Alpád Bridge, the Margit Bridge, the Chain Bridge, the Elizabeth Bridge, the Freedom Bridge, the Pedrofi Bridge, the Lagimanush Bridge, the ?zg?d Railway Bridge. Each bridge, has its unique atmosphere, step on a bridge, heartwarming once.
The creative life of the hotel
If you walk on the old streets and stone bridges during the day, the nostalgic mood and historical flavor are always with you. In the evening, let the design hotel for you and couples, open the vitality of the creative life.
On the banks of the Chain Bridge is Chain Bridge 19, a recently opened design hotel with only 45 rooms, but each one is different. The decorations of the rooms are boldly out of your imagination. When you open the window, there is a page of silk glass that can be rotated, and when they are folded, the Chain Bridge in the distance can still light up your whole vision through the glass pattern.
"Chain Bridge 19" romantic, but also because it is located in the Palace of the Castle Hill, as long as it takes 5 minutes to climb the Castle Hill from the hotel, and the Palace is absolutely no fences, guards, you can enter the Palace of the backyard garden, like the Hungarian locals to the Palace to walk the dog, jogging, and enjoy the royal family! The old days of the morning.
Walk a little farther and you can go from the palace to Fisherman's Castle, which offers a bird's-eye view of all of Budapest. Fisherman's Castle is also a great place for Budapest citizens to take a leisurely stroll, and it is especially popular with couples who go there in pairs. According to an interesting Hungarian survey, young people have the highest percentage of first kisses here.
Budapest has seen an increase in design hotels such as Chain Bridge 19, and the ArtHotel across the river from the Parliament building is also a very famous design hotel.
Floating in the hot springs on the city
First to show you an old black and white photo, just look at a lotus lake water reveals a few noblewomen's heads, their heads topped with a huge sun hat, the neck reveals a neat little collar, waving to the shore, but also reveals the clothes of the long-sleeved. Is this a group of "fallen aristocrats"? No, this is the people of the last century in the leisurely and decent "clothes big hot spring" it.
So, in Hungary, you have to do the second thing, that must be the hot springs. It's been said that if you cut a hole in the ground in Hungary, a hot spring will come bubbling up. That's true, as hot springs run under 80% of Hungary, and 10 million people enjoy them in Budapest every year.
Swimming in a thermal lake is one of the best things about Hungarian hot springs. The Hévíz Spa, located near Lake Balaton, is the world's largest biologically energized natural spa lake and the largest warm-water spa lake in Europe. The thermal lake gushes 600 million liters of warm spring water every day from the bottom of the 39-meter-deep lake. Even in winter the surface temperature of the lake does not fall below 22°C. The indoor hot spring room located in the center of the lake circling the lake is warmer in winter, with about 35℃.
Put on a swimming ring and step into the hot spring lake, and you will know the difference between the hot spring lake and ordinary hot springs, which is that your feet are hanging in the water. This makes the people who always stepped on the bottom of the pool to soak in the hot springs before, the mood suddenly exuberant, to show off their swimming skills. However, not long after, there are people exclaimed: "my ring", and then look, pure silver ring, has instantly turned black. Originally, this hot spring lake water is rich in potassium carbonate, sodium, ammonium, calcium, magnesium and chlorine, iodine, sulfonamides and fluoride and other elements, break your fingers, can not be counted, they are on the human body, are very good. It is said that it has a special healing effect on arthritis patients. The different Hungarian spas also have their own "specialties": Lukács specializes in diseases of the locomotor system and calcium-deficiency chondromalacia, Széchenyi in the digestive system, and Gellért in the respiratory system and the nervous system.
There are also hundreds of spas in Budapest, the most popular being Széchenyi, where year-round groups of old men competing at chess stand by the side of the pool with their arms and heads exposed, soaking until the soles of their feet turn white and still not winning. And the most popular spa for young people is the Lourdas Turkish Baths, where the world's only disco spa becomes a dance floor for young people to the accompaniment of heavy-metal music, while there are always people lined up religiously outside the door late into the night waiting to get into the revelry.
Strolling through the old streets
Hungarians have a great sense of humor, and there's nothing they can't make up a joke about. Strolling through the old streets and chatting with the funny Hungarians is a surefire way to have a good time and learn a few things from them.
In a Budapest hostel, you might see a sign on the wall that says: "If the lady you have brought is not your wife, please do not worry about enjoying your time here, as our waiters are very tight-lipped. At the same time, however, we remind you that you are not likely to inquire about your wife's amorous affairs either."
At the Andrássy Street cafe, you might meet an old man sipping his coffee and regaling you with tales of the "Whiskey Thief," a not-so-fictional man who robbed 29 banks, post offices and travel agencies between 1993 and 1999. He would deliver a bouquet of flowers to the bank teller after the robbery.
Speaking of coffee, it's very pleasant to take a sip of coffee froth on the old street and look up at the old buildings, and in a moment you're in the country. At the end of Vács Street, the Café Gerbeaud, which opened in 1858, is Budapest's most sophisticated café, with old-fashioned furniture. And across from the State Opera House on Andrász Street, the artist's coffee house Muvesz, at 29 András Road, is the only surviving antique version of the street's coffee house, which was a socializing and inspirational place for 18th-century poets and writers.
There are plenty of fun places to visit on Andrássy Street, such as Europe's oldest metro station, Budapest's Metro No. 1, which is not only the oldest metro still in operation in Europe, but also a World Heritage Site. With classic floors, wooden benches, windows, and lovely wall sconces, one seems to step into a nostalgic old Eastern European movie. What attracts people most is not only shopping, but also the details of Hungarian culture and life that come alive in Vács Street.