Moving on–at last!–from Austria to Hungary, we arrive at the part of the trip where my photographic zeal was so great I hardly know how to deal with the resulting volume of pictures.

The best thing, I suppose, is to pick up where I left off in Vienna, with a more or less random assortment of things that made me smile.

Budapest is a lovely city full of friendly people. There’s a lot to smile about here. And so it’s not a surprise that some of it has gotten, well, built in. For example, this set of urchins.

Too loud!

Too wet!

And here are some building entrance lights:

Children welcome!

Um… satyrs welcome?

Identification emblems:

Needs no translation:

Couldn’t agree on the color:

Buddha has his back to the window because…

…enlightenment must come from within!

And finally, just because dancing water is always joyous:

Welcome to Budapest!