In the morning after breakfast at the guest house I embarked on my explorations of Budapest. The officers of Budapest transport are reputed to be very strict so I didn't want to fall foul of them, even accidentally. I decided to save myself time and money by purchasing a multi-day pass. The guest house proprietor said I could buy one from a vending machine. And so it was, though I had to fight the terribly unreliable touch screen. I helped a couple of tourists get through their ordeal after that.
I caught the tram to the metro station Budapest Déli which is one end of line 2. Déli is also a train station, though I never used it to get anywhere. Here I entered the bowels of the earth and made a couple of line transfers.
Eventually I arrived at Fövám Tér. Tér is Hungarian for square. I learnt a few words simply because I kept seeing them.
Inside is a produce market, and of course souvenir shops. Although Saturday is traditionally market day, this market would be operation every weekday too as it is covered.
You get an idea of the area from the steelwork.
I was obviously at an intersection of galleries.
Fruit shop.
Grocer.
Souvenirs.
Tea, chocolate and drinks. Bolt is Hungarian for shop, another word I learnt by sight.
Sweets and pastries.
Now I'm on the first level.
Rather crowded with tourists.
A good view of the ground floor.
Another view.
An online translator tells me that mintabolt means sample shop. But it looks like a smallgoods store to me.
The first level runs mostly along the perimeter of the hall with some overhead lanes.
I ventured out to take photos of the surroundings. I believe this is part of the Corvinus University.
The back of the Central Market.
Seems a fun run was happening.
The university library.
Sculptures that took my fancy.
I walked up the street to Kálvin Tér. This is the Mercure hotel. The Kálvin in this case being John Calvin.
The church that gave the square its name.
I walked back in the direction of the market towards Liberty Bridge.
From here the Liberty Status on Gellért Hill can be seen.
The buildings around the square. After the market, I headed up Vámház körút towards Astoria metro station, which will be in the next installment.
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