Monday October 8

Szentendre is on the agenda for today. It is a quiet small town about an hour train ride outside of Budapest. We have the usual breakfast in the usual place and leave the hotel about 11:15 to meet Kay and Mike. Only Kay shows up as Mike is not feeling well. So me, and now the three babes, get our rail tickets and hop aboard.

We arrive and it's a decent walk from the train station but we make it and have lunch in place Kay and Mike have eaten previously. Everyone but Kay has duck with potatoes and red cabbage (that is almost sauerkraut), Kay has some kind of chicken pepperkesh. It is

good food, we eat at tables on the street. The streets have big lampshades hanging over the lights and are filled with small shops on both sides of the cobble stone.

After lunch it is time for my most favorite thing..shopping. It goes on for quite some time, with very little to show for the effort. Enough said. We stop for an ice cream cone and head back to Budapest. Upon arrival Kay heads for home to take care of Mike and make sure he is still alive and the remainder of us walk back to the hotel.

After our substantial lunch we decide another round at the sushi place down the street would be in order. The food is very good but Shirley orders a bit too much and opts to take it back to the hotel and have it for breakfast. I like sushi a lot but a sushi breakfast just does not ring my bell. So we have left over sushi in our hotel room fridge along with all the other stuff they cram in there for your purchase.

We had a pretty good day...3.3 miles and 8,448 steps. I have to figure out how I can keep this activity level up when I get home.