Hotel Aqua Eger

... are closed - so it was a quick rush on Sunday afternoon to do at least something touristy in Eger...

And there we come to the Valley of the Beautiful Women. Whilst I must admit, it was a valley (barely), there weren't many women there at all (actually, there weren't many people - hence the title of this post), and there definitely weren't any beautiful ones there! Valley of the Beautiful Women is a horse ...

... Oei, dat was niet helemaal mn bedoeling maar goed dezelfde vragen aan de collega gesteld, die ze ook veel te ingewikkeld vond dus als antwoord gaf “ok, ok, 30 Euro for you, better for you”. Grappig en na nog een voorzichtige poging om de reden toch te weten te komen, leek het me beter te accepteren dat ik dat antwoord nooit zou krijgen. Een bonnetje leek me wel nuttig en toen kwam er een grote aap uit de mouw want hij had alleen maar ...

... idea of who is producing what. As I was driving, there was no tasting for me, but I did buy some interesting bottles at one of the toprated producers (Sike Tamas).

We drove back to Budapest, parked the car, got two glasses from the hotel and then took a taxi to Dunapark island. While the sun set over Buda, we were enjoying some wonderful Egri Pinot Noir.

I'm typing this on a Hungarian keyboard in an internet cafe, so if I get z and y switched and other strange letters inserted I hope you'll understand!

We left the Ginger Monkey this morning after a very pleasant stay. Thanks to Jay, Jim and his lovely lady. Lachlan has vowed to return next year as part of a slowly-evolving plan for a
backpacking trip with a friend.

The clouds had returned to shroud the ...

... Before heading back, we took a quick detour into the "valley of the beautiful women" where you can apparently taste various wines from the area, but it was a little too early in the season, so not too much was opened yet. The weather was also a bit chilly, so we decided to hop on a train back to Budapest.

... well, the next morning we planned a long day of exploring the city. The Hotel Arany Trofea cost us about 35 euro for the night which was pretty good, just a 3 star family run business. It was opened in December 2002 and has an elegant restaurant and beer terrace. There are about 15 rooms on the first floor. It is in walking distance to the old part of the city. We stayed here for 2 nights before heading off to Debrecen.

We went to Eger because of the wine cellars. There is a a road, with thirty or so wine caves, that collect in all the various wines from the local vineyards, store them in the cool caves and sell them off to the public and to distributors. You can go in to any cave and ask to try their wares and if you like it they fill up you 2 liter ...

Arrived from Budapest at 10.30am after changing trains in Füzesabony. Walked into town which took about 15 minutes and visited the Tourist Information centre for a town map. Started our walking tour of Eger at Eger Cathedral before walking past the Bishop's Palace and then stopping for lunch. After lunch we walked past the Cistercian Church towards the castle. Stopped at The Minaret and the Minorita ...

... cream, and liqueur. Almost like Hungarian tiramisu. It was only OK. I'm sure that the Hungarian pastries I've been seeing in bakeries are much better. Off to the Valley of Beautiful Women - famous for its wine cellars. It reminds me a little of B.C's Peachland. A cool place to chill with friends and sample cheap wines ... but being alone I just walked through and went back to town. There are big lava tubes underneath the town - I never checked them out as access is ...

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