Budapest Day 2

Met some new friends today - David and Leila and Sayed. We (the afore-mentioned, Esther, Andrew and Beck) got in a large taxi who ferried us to Castle Godollo where we enjoyed a pleasant morning. It seems the taxi drivers go to Rome for their training as they are incredibly fast and jerky.

We all went around the castle interior, in different directions. I chatted with Sayed who was studying entrepreneurship in Lugano where Becky has studied.

The castle interior was good but the grounds are not spectacular by any means - say compared with Schonbrunn - but we all enjoyed the visit.

After the castle visit we went to Mensa restaurant for a light snack. As usual I had a goulash soup - not as good as the one last night but still welcome. Here's Becky pouring soup out of her teapot. Margaret went back to the hotel but the rest of us went by metro (the oldest line in Europe) and tram to the Market Hall by the river. The weather remained kind and the shone started to shine after a hazy morning at the castle.


This is a spectacular fruit and vegetable market with stalls upstairs selling all manner of Hungarian goods including home-made beer.

We browsed around and finally ended up at the beer stand only to find that the home-made beer stand was closed. From here we walked along the river side towards the place where we are to dine tonight with Becky's family. Esther and I got the metro back to the hotel where we prepared for our evening meal.