Yet another rainy night. The unpredictable weather again struck. After 4 am, a smallish storm came up from literally no where and the rain started; however, by 9 it had stopped and Gyorgyi predicted it would be a good day for a trip to downtown. We took our umbrellas, just in case....that guarantees no rain !
Irma was ready to go and we left the Budafok hill about 9:45 am. Irma bought me a day pass good for 24 h. No one checked it all day.
We left on the No.47 tram. I told Irma that this was not the one Gyorgyi had recommended but it made no matter. We arrived in a square on the Pest side but Irma did not know how to connect with the proper transportation. After asking around, we managed to get to the M3 (metro or subway 3). I knew we went too far but anyway we did end up in Nepsiget bus station....been there before. We asked around and they told us “that-a-way” (arra in Hungarian). After a km walk we found the Hungarian Museum of Natural History (recommended by Gabor).
The following pictures will give you an idea of the Museum:
After the museum tour which lasted about 2 hours we headed to Vaci Utca to get some souvenirs. We took the M3 subway and then the M1(oldest) subway to get there. The M3 is deeper than the oldest M1 subway where they cross.
We ended up shopping at the same shop from last Thursday since their prices were better.
After a cold beer (for me) and a cola for Irma, we were off. This time the way was clear and we took 47 Tram back to meet the bus up the hill.
I stopped for a lovely ice cream cone before we went up the hill.
No sooner had we got off the bus and back to our houses when a fast-moving thunder storm moved in. It rain very hard for over an hour. We were very fortunate.
I had a large dinner of chicken paprikas and dumplings since I had not eaten much for lunch.
One more episode of “Wind at my Back” and it was off to bed...I was tired from all of the walking but happy that we had such a successful day.
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