Day 8 - August 2nd

Agter hearing from our niece and nephew What a wonderful experience they had at the Budapest Zoo we headed there today. It turned out to be an incredibly hot day again but the zoo has a lot of foliage so were able to stay somewhat comfortable. We saw some animals we had never seen before...

Unfortunately the signage was in Hungarian only and sometimes there was none! Nonetheless, it was amazing how close we were able to get to the animals! I actually fed a camel!

Later in the afternoon my cousin and I went to see the Museum of applied Arts to se an exhibit on loan from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

 

I did not know that Albert, Queen Victoria's husband, was so instrumental in bringing the world of Art and Design to the world! He worked with Henry Cole to create the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. The aim was to educate manufacturers and to grow the influence of science and arts in industry. The exhibit included historical pieces from all over the world up to and including the Dyson fan which has no blades! You have probably seen these fans for sale at Costco. Well, it is also a part of the exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Photographs were not allowed of the exhibit But I managed a photo of a stained glass... without flash. The other photos are of the building in which the exhibit is housed and some more art deco design and tile work. Tomorrow we're headed out of Budapest to Szentendre... a town full of artists and a lot of charm.