Still more rain and chilly. As it turned out, the “most beautiful coffeehouse in the world” was restricted to Hotel guests for breakfast with it opening to the public later in the morning. It is spectacular although I am sure other places have since created one to make the same claim.

We took Uber to the Museum of Fine arts in another of the situations where the building itself was almost as spectacular as the collection. It was quite extensive with one “ancient level” containing items from the former Mycenean and Etruscan cultures, moving into Greek and Roman and quite a collection from different Egyptian dynasties. Paintings and some architectural items from the 1400s onward were a nice mix as well.

The pub recommended by the photography guy Hubby follows was for lunch after and we did the fish and chips. Not bad, but the portion was so huge we could have split one. Interestingly, Mexican food is highly popular as are burgers and BBQ. Not sure if their definitions are the same nor exactly what the connection is. However, I’d forgotten two of the major Hollywood studios were founded by Hungarians way back and lots of movies are still shot there. In a number of areas, scenes can be done that look a lot like Paris for example and it’s considerably less expensive than actually shooting in France. So, with a long connection, that might be where the love of burgers started.

Anyway, between a 2:30 a.m. wake-up necessary for Monday and because we were staying at the Hotel we did the fancy dinner as out last meal in Budapest. Hugh went with the goulash as a starter, then I’m going blank on his main. I had a shrimp and tomatoes in what was  garlic broth – interesting and good for starter and steak with green peppercorn sauce. It was not a true “steak au poivre”, but still delicious. In trying to wean ourselves off desserts, we did only coffee after.

No issues with flights getting home. Twenty hours in transit, so have built today in with as few tasks as possible.