Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
Matthias Church
(Church of the Assumption of the Buda Castle)
Budapest, Hungary
09-11-2024
Processed: 03/05/25
I create spreadsheets before I leave on any trip, filled with information on what I want to photograph, and when, so I can keep moving, and get the most out of my time. I had the Matthias Church listed on my spreadsheet for the second of two days in Budapest. It's on the site of one of the oldest churches in Budapest, founded in 1015. It's been remodeled many times since then. In the 13th and 14th century undergoing massive redesigns. The last major redesign, restoring it to an earlier version, was in 1893.
I snapped some photos as I advanced up the street leading to the church. Here is a view from about a block away.
When I got to the site, and angled my camera for multiple shots, I noticed something familiar. I'd photographed so many cathedrals and churches in three different cities in a little over a week. I'd actually photographed THIS church the previous evening. It's flanked by the Fisherman's Bastion fortress, but I couldn't see that from this view. What was familiar was a little model of the church over near that blue gazebo. So I've got shots of this particular church at night and during the day.
It felt really weird when I realized I'd already been there, but had scaled the steps leading to the other side the previous evening, and had taken the bus down the hill.
Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
Matthias Church
(Church of the Assumption of the Buda Castle)
Budapest, Hungary
09-11-2024
Processed: 03/05/25
I create spreadsheets before I leave on any trip, filled with information on what I want to photograph, and when, so I can keep moving, and get the most out of my time. I had the Matthias Church listed on my spreadsheet for the second of two days in Budapest. It's on the site of one of the oldest churches in Budapest, founded in 1015. It's been remodeled many times since then. In the 13th and 14th century undergoing massive redesigns. The last major redesign, restoring it to an earlier version, was in 1893.
I snapped some photos as I advanced up the street leading to the church. Here is a view from about a block away.
When I got to the site, and angled my camera for multiple shots, I noticed something familiar. I'd photographed so many cathedrals and churches in three different cities in a little over a week. I'd actually photographed THIS church the previous evening. It's flanked by the Fisherman's Bastion fortress, but I couldn't see that from this view. What was familiar was a little model of the church over near that blue gazebo. So I've got shots of this particular church at night and during the day.
It felt really weird when I realized I'd already been there, but had scaled the steps leading to the other side the previous evening, and had taken the bus down the hill.