Hotel Park Eger

... typically costs 100ft (~70 cents). If you bring along a container of any sort (old wine bottle, or prefereable something larger like a 20l jerrican), you can fill your wine up by the litre and depending on the wine, you may pay from a couple of $ to maybe $10/litre for the expensive stuff. And although I'm not a huge wine drinker, there were some pretty impressive wines there (particularly the sweet ones of course!)

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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Eger is around 130kms from Budapest and an easy ride, mostly via a good new highway (I think it is the M3) and then a short, but very scenic ride into the hills. The city centre is very small and with the help of my friend Kate, it was easy to find a good (free) parking spot. The castle up the hill is small, but nice to visit for about 30 minutes. We just missed a big ...

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 ...

... second cousins, there were some difficulties with communication but they figured it out.
I even received a copy of our family tree that goes back to the 1700-s. It's a 26 page pdf file - now that's impressive...

Monday morning we are off to Croatia. My hopes are not really high at this point as a 5.2 earthquake is reported from the area and the weather suppose to be lousy for the next 10 days. What can I say? We'll make the best of it.

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This area was defeated by the Ottomans and in Eger there is a minaret that stands out from the rest of the buildings. It is the northernmost minaret in Europe. It is nice strolling through the town as it is night and day different from Budapest. Despite the size difference, Budapest is much "newer" and Eger is a little more dated with historical buildings that date from the 15th century. I have noticed that the people here look a lot different than those in Budapest ...

... of wine. The bishops here helped to build beautiful cities here under the reign of King Mathias. It was the start of the renaissance for Eger. However this eaceful time was soon to be finished with the invasion of the Ottoman Empire. In 1552, at the Siege of Eger, less than 2000 men, women and children helped to keep off 80,000 turkish soldiers ...

... open air spa baths. There were between 4 or 5 different open air pools, some as hot as 38 degrees, lots of grass to sunbath on and refreshments. We got all reminiscent for Southbury Road open air swimming pool and our mis-spent youth! Why don't we have them in England anymore? It was a really packed social event in Hungary and great fun.

... before going on a tour of Eger Castle. We paid for a guided tour of the castle and were told it would be in English. They were wrong as we discovered when we entered the first room on the tour and listened to the guide speak in Hungarian patiently waiting for the English version that never came. We asked if the tour was going to be entirely in Hungarian and we were told it was. Luckily there was a school ...

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