Day 6

We’re quite an efficient team at this point. 10:50) Walk in to Peppers 10:51) Find table, go straight to Omelette Bar and place order. 10:53) Grab fruit and other breakfast staples like hashbrowns, sausage, bacon and ham. (Their cuts of ham by the way are very Doran-worthy) 10:55) Stop to pick-up omelette 10:56) Place on table to cool and go straight to the baguettes for lunch prep. 10:57) Make meat(s) and condiment choice 10:59) Grab some juice and maybe a pastry 11:00) Refill juice one last time before they take it away 11:05) Use placemat to neatly wrap sandwiches (Peppers logo on the outside)

Chad Muller was the tour leader today. He had studied all night to get the most logical path laid out. It was raining rather hard and there were no umbrellas at the front desk because the Jones side trip took them all, leaving us to take a cab to the Hungarian National Gallery. When we arrived, Brian realized he forgot his Budapest Card. This is a special card that is good for either 48 or 72 hours for free transportation in the city and gets you anywhere from a 10% to 100% discount at many sights around town. Our 2nd stop, The Labyrinth of Caves (secret caves they had dug underneath Castle Hill) made the day a liitle more interesting. We stopped at a little place called Café Miro for some coffee and Coke Light to take in the sights afterwards. Lastly, we re-toured Matthias Church which we missed on our City Bus Tour because Doug HAD to get a perfect photo and we got left behind by the group who was paying for the admission. Eh, it was a typical church and I was happy it was free with our Budapest Card (Brian didn’t go in). We looked around for a bookstore Chad wanted to visit but couldn’t find it and decided to head back and get ready for dinner.

At the Maritz Travel Desk they have a board where the previous Jones groups would suggest good restaurants and things. We decided to take this advice and eat at the 7 star Greek restaurant Tavernus Pireus. For all we know, and apparently this is true, some slack-jawed yokels from the deep south could’ve given this rating. Only that would explain this Greek cuisine that is easily beaten by any local Dino’s Greek Fast-Food Restaurant back home. Chad had the only good pick and the rest of us suffered. It would be the catalyst for the night to end early as neither Doug nor I ever felt energized enough for a night on the town after the Jones Ice Cream Social. Brian bravely decided to go it alone and headed out, but not before (much like a dog crapping on it’s owners bed when they are away for too long) taking a whole glass full of almonds from the bar and dumping them in front of our door. Housekeeping did not look thrilled. It was the first night we went to bed before midnight.