Ultimate sightseeing before France

For our last morning in Budapest we visited the large Hungarian National Museum that stands in the center of town.

The place is huge and retraces the place often troubled and tumultuous history.

Among a million other pieces on display, I was struck by body armor displays there, including one made for a juvenile. Some kids have really been privileged over the years!

So many other artifacts to see and when we were done with the visit, we had no more energy left and were ready for our return trip on Easyjet, the European budget airline, that we were using for the first time.

Following a spectacular flight over the Alps, we landed in Geneva, were hassled (as usual) at the rental car place because of my non-embossed Costco Visa card I was using and after waiting far too long for our car to be ready, even without being washed and missing a full tank of gas, we were on our way to my former hometown in the mountains