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Friday May 29, 2009
We started out bright and early the next morning and took the subway to the Great Market Hall (Nagycsarnok). The escalators in Budapest are just as fast as those in Prague -- whee!
Purveyors of paprika -- both hot and sweet were everywhere you looked.
The entire second floor was a craft and souvenir market.
Stalls were simply overflowing with produce. I can just imagine what a stark contrast this is from the days of communism.
There were meat vendors aplenty as well. This sign caught my eye -- a pig hugging sausage links. I'm not sure I would react that positively if I was in his shoes!
We indulged in a quick snack at the market. We couldn't resist when we saw a vendor selling about 15 different kinds of strudel-goodness. We opted for the cherry-plum.
We decided to wash down the strudel with a little sweet wine. Tokaj is a Hungarian specialty and is numbered according to it's level of sweetness. We tried Tokaj 6 before continuing on our way.
Purveyors of paprika -- both hot and sweet were everywhere you looked. 
The entire second floor was a craft and souvenir market. 
Stalls were simply overflowing with produce. I can just imagine what a stark contrast this is from the days of communism. 
There were meat vendors aplenty as well. This sign caught my eye -- a pig hugging sausage links. I'm not sure I would react that positively if I was in his shoes!
We indulged in a quick snack at the market. We couldn't resist when we saw a vendor selling about 15 different kinds of strudel-goodness. We opted for the cherry-plum. 
We decided to wash down the strudel with a little sweet wine. Tokaj is a Hungarian specialty and is numbered according to it's level of sweetness. We tried Tokaj 6 before continuing on our way.