Day 13, Budapest (Again)

After we rode into Budapest we learned that the Parliamentary building was letting people in to tour. After we checked into our hotel we walked to the Parliamentary building and viewed just about every room. While we were walking around we got to view King Stephens crown, scepter, and mummified hand. How they mummified the hand I really don't know but it was really cool. The scepter and crown were pure gold and the scepter had a cut ruby at the top. We also learned that the building contains 40 million bricks, half a million of precious stones, and 40 kg of gold were used in construction. Also the architect went blind during the construction. It was built in the style of Gothic Revival.