Hotel Kitty Miskolc

... shaped rock/hill with wine cellars carved out of them. Each cellar has a little bar area where people can come in and taste the wine. This would be an unbelievable place for a pub crawl for anyone interested. All the cellars are centred around a park the size of half a football field and there must be around 40 different ones there (plus a few restaurants). Everything is sold by the dl (decilitre = 100ml). A 1 dl ...

Vol goede moed vertrokken we uit Udenhout, de grote reis begon echt echt echt op maandag 10 Augustus 2009….hahaha eerste U-turn moest ik maken net voorbij Turnhout (Belgie) want deze slimme dame had had haar rijbewijs onder de scanner laten liggen wat best een handig document is als je naar India wil rijden ;-) Gelukkig hadden pap en mam wel zin in een Italiaans diner in Turnhout dus het aangename met het nuttige gecombineerd…
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... 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.

... restaurant last night doing their best to drink all the schnapps available, and we heard that since they switched from Korunas to Euros in January their income has multiplied many times. Perhaps it won't take that long!

We're now in Eger in northern Hungary. The town is famous for a Turkish siege in 1596 followed by an occupation, obviously the reason they server excellent kebabs! There is a fortress overlooking ...

... Sprostí majú sťastie. Pokračuje kolotoč nič nerobenia a neskôr začína dosť prsať. Počas obedu stretávame kolegu z práce (a zhodou okolností to je aj kolega s predchádzajúceho zamestnania). Krásny paradox. Bývalí zamestnanci Kybernetiky (Ja, Dusko a Broňa ...

... súkromné aktivity násho séfa. 61km, 15:13, Abaújkér (48.304778, 21.1976051) Konečne obeeeed. Lústime maďarské menu. Keďze rozumieme "Pizzááák ...", voľba je jasná. Broňa má ananásovú, ako náhradu za mäso. 16:15 ...

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 ...

... it.) It was very cute and right on the border of Slovakia. If you crossed the creek on the side of town you were in a new country! For the last week we have had a friend, Amy, staying with us. She is an American (from Seattle) and backpacking for a year. We met her in Belgium and now she happened to be in Hungary while we were here so we met up. She was so much fun to have around and very hilarious! On ...

... which is precisely why we were there. We settled in early to prepare for a vigorous day's wine tasting ahead. After enjoying some rare early morning sunshine, we walked to Szesspany Volgny (Valley of the Beautiful Women), as the local wine centre is known. This is a horseshoe-shaped street consisting of nothing but wine cellars. Most allow free small tastings and all sell very cheap glasses of the local wine (about 50-80c). You can also take your ...

... eens. Nou duurt opbreken bij ons niet lang: stekker er uit, kabel oprollen, luifel inklappen en dak dicht. Tien minuten, hooguit. En dat is maar goed ook, want na 7 minuten barst het onweer los. Niet te zuinig! En het blijft onweren terwijl we naar Szilvásvárad rijden. Dus eerst maar het museum, dat is in ieder geval overdekt. We blijven aanvankelijk nog even in de auto zitten tot de ergste regen over is, maar het ziet er naar uit dat dat wel tot Sint Juttemis kan gaan duren ...