My flight safely arrived Budapest Ferenc Liszt airport at about 10 a.m..
A 24-hour travel pass is a great bargain for tourist. It
gives you unlimited access to all public transportation.
A 24 hour travel pass
gives you unlimited access to ANY public transportation
Usually people will buy
the pass at subway station but to get to the closest subway station from the
airport you need to take the 200E bus, which mean you can’t pay the bus fare
with the pass. A secret I learn is you can also buy the pass at Post Office and
there is a Post Office in the airport. That way you will max out the use of
your travel pass.
I had to take a nap in the hotel after the tour, By the time I got up it was 8:30 p.m. already. I scramble through the tourist guide online for a restaurant with decent review and settle with Chess in the Erzsébetváros district
You can get your travel
pass in the airport post office instead of the train station
Subway from airport to
downtown
Kijárat - an important
Magyars word to learn
Discovery of the
presence of Oriental civilization
Settle with sausage sub
for lunch
I tried to take it easy on my first day because of jet lag, besides going out for dinner I just took the State Opera House tour. Still I almost dozed off immediately whenever I got to sit down during the tour.
Tour of Hungarian State
Opera House while battling jet lag
Façade of the State
Opera House
Gaslight out the State
Opera House
Chess restaurant - last
minute dinner decision
Free wine courtesy of
the restaurant. I did take about five sips of it, that is five sips more than
any other wine
Chess theme decor A in
the restaurant
Chess theme decor B in
the restaurant
Chess theme decor C in
the restaurant
Chess theme decor D in
the restaurant
Beef cheek consommé
with vegetables pancake, supposedly an Hungarian delicacy
Black peppers in the
soup, that explains the spicy aftertaste
Rosé duck breast with
spicy lecsó vinaigrette, potato croquette with ewe's cheese, sweet root
In lieu of dessert I
have just black tea to help digesting
Keleti pályaudvar - one
of the three railway stations in Budapest, and where I will take my train to
Vienna
A fancy public toilet, with only half an euro admission fee
Next: Trip to the former Austro-Hungarian Empire - Day 2
Next: Trip to the former Austro-Hungarian Empire - Day 2
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