although it took some it e to get back to sleep after delivery of our suitcases... sleep we did. I slept until noon and Jim until 2PM. after a most refreshing shower I packed up to look for breakfast. Rather than go to the Nagyvasarcsarnok (Great Market Hall) to purchase the food I went to the local grocery store. I bought the requisite Hungarian salami, beautiful green peppers and kifli which are crescent rolls. I also bought a couple freshly baked cherry pastries. At 2:30 PM Jim and I had breakfast. At 3:30 we left the apartment to look around. We found ourselves crossing Szabadsag Hid (Freedom Bridge) to the Gellert Hegy. We climbed the hill to the Citadel to see the Liberation Memorial and to get a glimpse of exceptional views of this beautiful city.
From a distance we could have been looking out over Florence with all the red tiled roofs and many church spires. I recalled that this area was near the apartment where my grandparents lived many years ago... and where I had visited them. Jim and I decided to see if we could find the address and see if my cousin still lived there. We got on the #47 bus which took us to Moricz Zsigmondy Korter. Although there was much construction in the area we managed to find the building and discovered that my cousin and her son do indeed live there.
We had a wonderful visit and I came away with several books pertaining to my ancestors.In the photograph above you can see the door at the end of the hall where an uncle lived for many years. This door is adjacent to the entrance to my grandparents apartment. After our visit we went to the For Sale Pub which boasts the very best Gulyas Leves (Goulash Soup). We didn't eat the soup but did have a marvelous dinner in a very different restaurant. The walls are covered with business cards, drawings, photographs and lots of other paraphernalia which could be tacked up. Another fun but hot day in Budapest.
I think I remember this. Didn't we go here on outlast visit?
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