Sunday afternoon we took a drive to the city of Esztergom, Hungary, which is about 50 KM from Budapest and sits right on the "Danube Bend" right across the river from Slovakia. It used to be the capital of "Hungary" from the 10th to about the 13th century before it was moved to Visegrad (see our posts from a few years ago to that fabulous little castle town) and then Buda. St. Stephen of Hungary was born here and it has had its share of rulers, from the Czechs to the Turks.We brought a picnic lunch and ate it in the park in front of the Basilica before wandering around the site and taking in the spectacular view of the Danube.
We drove across the bridge to Slovakia where we got a great view of the "castle hill" before driving back to Budapest.
Inside this fresco inside the basilica you can see the Basilica of Esztergom in the distance.
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