Grand Synagogue - unfortunately closed but we ate our chimney cakes just outside

Maverick Athenaeum hotel, central atrium

Our quadruple room, 2 bunks and a double bed

It wasn't immediately obvious what this was...

... until seen from this angle and through a lens: it was Ferenc Lizst to bid us farewell

Farewell to Budapest

May 1 in Hungary ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

After leaving the Castle Museum. we descended via a long staircase leading from the Castle towards the Danube embankment. In the terraced gardens below the castle we found a restaurant for our final Hungarian meal (https://varjuvar.vakvarju.com/).

We then returned to Pest to do a little souvenir shopping, and a final round of Chimney Cakes, before we collected our bags from the hotel.

We also managed to tick off one final mode of transportation offered by the BKK, Budapest’ integrated public transport system: a trollybus!

Once we had our bags and said farewell to our hotel, the excellent Maverick Athenaeum (https://mavericklodges.com/hostel/budapest-athe…), it was time to retrace our steps to catch the 100E Airport Express bus back to the airport.

As you’ll see from the photos, we were seen off by no less than Ferenc Liszt himself!Read more