Danube River

I can't believe I haven't mentioned the Danube River yet.  It's the second largest river in Europe origination in Germany and ending in the Black Sea and cuts right through Budapest.  This picture above was taken on Szabadsag hid (Freedom or Liberty Bridge) which is right next to the big Central Market that I've mentioned before.  The next bridge that you see is Erzebet hid (Elezibeth bridge) and that is right by the metro stop where Underworld was shot.  We live pretty much right in between these bridges about two or three blocks from the shore on the right hand side in Pest.  As you can probably guess the other side of the river, the hillier and a less urban side is Buda.

Underworld

You might be wondering what a picture of Kate Beckinsale from the opening scene of Underworld is doing in my blog.  The answer is she was in one of the buildings at the end of my street getting ready to follow some lycans into our Metro stop! It was pretty weird to be watching that movie a few weekends ago and think that looks an awful like Ferenciak Tere, but it was. Here are those buildings from our normal vantage point.

Apparently they shoot a lot of movies and things here because it's pretty cheap to film here and it looks like a lot of other places, even Buenos Aries for Evita.