The Danube spans Budapest. It was once the two cities of Buda and Paz, and was intertwined by the river. The bridge across the river is like a bond, holding two pearls together. The left hand Buda, a castle of the royal palaces and fishermen on the hill, seems to tell the ancient history of the city. Right hand Pace, a brightly lit market, seems to be rippling from here this life and the afterlife