We had a long lay around in our nice hotel room, so we did not get going until almost noon. I woke up at dawn and looked out the window and the Danube was like a mirror, and the white marble on the palace across the river was glowing orange in the sunrise. A memorable way to start a day.
Ton wanted to visit the market as she wanted to pick up some spices for our use, and also to bring home as gifts. A short ride on our “home” tram no 23 deposited us at the market. It was slightly less crowded than the other day, but still very busy.
We picked up our spices, and then Ton headed over to a butchers counter where we looked at some cuts of meat that we found interesting. We were pointing and kind of speculating about things when a nice Hungarian lady volunteered as our guide and translator. She and the guy running the stand spent a lot of time explaining things, asking about our tastes and based on that making recommendations. It was a fun and we owe her a lot of thanks for taking the time to help us. We now have some interesting meals to look forward to.
As we were passing by the restaurant stalls we saw a sandwich that looked intriguing. It was a massive thing made from Langos bread, with lettuce, tomato, onion, three kinds of cheese, salami, pepperoni, bacon crackling, and jalapenos. It is not something to tackle lightly, but we were up for it.
The completed sandwich was immense and while we gave it our best shot we did not even make a dent in it. It was delicious and Ton declared it the best meal we had in Budapest. We took most of the sandwich home to François and it will make two more meals before we are done with it.
Stuffed, we headed back to François for the afternoon and chatted with our Dutch neighbors. For the first time on the trip François was actually hot and we opened up all fo the windows. But as soon as the sun set it cooled down fast so we should have a nice sleep.