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The Hungarian Capital Trinity (1) 「三合一」首都(1)

My Chinese colleague and I spent all our time in Budapest from the second day of our trip onwards. 在匈牙利的第二天起,我和中國同事一直都在首都布達佩斯。 While Budapest is now known and recognised as a single city, it used to be divided into three cities, with Buda and Obuda on the west side of the Danube and Pest on the other side. Buda is the hilly part of town where the famous castle and citadel were erected, while Pest is now the commercial heart where all of Budapest’s long-distance railway services arrive. The hostel where my Chinese colleague and I stayed was quite close to the Keleti Pályaudvar (Eastern Station). It was remarkable for being part of the church building, but the interiors were separate. 卻說布達佩斯還未合成一體前分為三個城市,以多瑙河為界線,河以西包含布達(Buda)及老布達(Obuda),皇宮和堡壘分別位處布達的兩座山上;河以東為佩斯(Pest),現時是布達佩斯的商業區及多個長途火車站所在。我倆入住的旅館,位於離布達佩斯東站(Keleti Pályaudvar)不遠的教堂的後面,建築上與教堂相連,但室內與教堂分隔。 The street passing by the church adjoining our hostel 與旅館相連的教堂位處的街道 Keleti Pályaudvar and one of its grand halls 布達佩斯東站及裡面其中一個堂皇的大堂 Our fir