July 12, 2013 - Szentendre

Amanda wasn't feeling well today so she stayed at the apartment while we went to Szentendre.  We caught the metro just down the street.  This metro line is very deep and it makes you feel a little weird as you are going down.









We got off at Batthyany Ter HEV station.  Of course if you go down you must go up.  Elaine & I were in charge of this trip but we had a hard time making the lady understand that we each needed two round trip tickets to Szentendre.  First she gave me two one way tickets and was going to give Elaine two one way tickets to get us back.  But eventually she gave me the wrong ticket and Elaine the right ticket. So I had to buy two one way tickets to get Roger and I back.  I think it is because Elaine got the Senior rate and I didn't that they only needed one ticket for both of them.

The HEV train is not near as nice as the other trains.  It is like an old metro train.











This is a pretty easy commute the only thing was that they made us get off at one stop which we were not expecting and then we finally figured out that we just had to wait for another train to take us the rest of the way.  Of course as we are trying to ask people not one spoke English.

According to the guide book all roads lead to the center, so off we went.

 
This is just a little town that local people go out to on the weekends for lunch to get away from the big city.  It is a fun little town to walk through.  They have lots of little places to eat.









I loved the old stoves.  They converted the one to be more like a bbq.












Roger's favorite vendor was the Kurtoskalacs (also known as a chimney cake).  We had had these when we were in Prague, but I guess they are a Hungarian pastry.










This is the center square.


















The church in the square.

There was a narrow walk way and we walked up it to find a Langos shop.  We had just heard about them but wasn't really sure about where to get one.  Another guy came up behind us that was from Canada and he was bringing his family there and told us that this place sold the best ones in town.

The little roof with the tall chimney is the Langos shop.

They just sell it out of a little window. But there is a shady little area that you can sit and eat it but she had too many customers and there wasn't any place to sit down. So we took ours to go.
















We got the garlic and cheese one.  What it is is a circular fried dough, that right there should tell you it is heaven.  They sell all kinds of different one, you can get it like a pizza or you could get a dessert one with Nutella on it, but the typical one is with sour cream and cheese.

We walked through a lot of little shops, but we didn't end up buying anything.

We saw another bride and groom walking through town.










So I guess now it is time for lunch.  Roger picked where we ate for lunch.  Why did he pick it?















Because he saw the sign that showed the meal of goulash and beer.  We weren't very hungry so we were going to split one order but again the English translation didn't quit work so we got two orders which meant that Roger got two beers.














The  goulash comes in a cute little hanging kettle.










It was very good and very filling.













Elaine & Fred like hot and spicey food so Fred really liked the sauce that they gave us to put in the soup.

Well when we got done with lunch we figured we had seen enough of the town and it was time to head back to the train station.  But not before a stop at the Vitez Kurtos shop to pick up a kurtoskalac.








Of course we had to sample it before we left.














Which meant we had to go back and buy another one.

So Roger and I found the ticket office and bought our tickets to head back to Budapest.

They definitely check tickets on all the trains in Budapest so traveler beware you better buy and keep your ticket with you or you will be buying another one on the train.