Our last days in Budapest...a quick tour.

Visited Nagycsarnok (The Great Market Hall.) Gorgeous building on river. Lots of overpriced food and touristy stuff. But a market is a market. It's always fun to visit. And we got our first taste of Mangalica salami named after the hairy pig of this region.


Saw the House of Terror Museum which is housed in what used to be the police headquarters of first the Nazis when they took over Hungary in March of 1944, and next the Communists. It was a very cool museum- almost felt like you were in some kind of scary amusement park ride- but nothing was in English so we didn't learn as much as we could have.


Hit up a WAMP sale. WAMP is an organization that promotes young designers and their wares. Lots of great handmade stuff, including these bag made entirely of zippers.


Enjoyed the city's parks.


Ate a great meal at Spinoza while listening to a pianist play Fiddler on the Roof and Beatles cover songs. One of the best meals so far and amazing art deco styling.


Took a tour at the incredible Dohany Synagogue which is the second largest in the world after NYC. More on this to come in future posts.


Visited the Museum of Applied Arts and saw a great Turkish rug exhibit which was too dark for our own pictures.


Ate this ridiculously rich and delicious thing called rakott burgonya which is a sausage and potato casserole with eggs and cheese, smothered with sour cream.


Said goodbye to our apartment.