Kulacs Csarda Panzio Eger

Turns out that November 1 is All Saints Day. And rather than spending the day worshipping a pop music band, the locals celebrate the lives of the saints and their family that has passed away who are named afer the various saints (and it seems as though just about everyone here is named after one saint or another). I hope I've got those details right!

Sunday was also the day I arrived in Eger on a relatively ...

... van 20 Euro! Bonnetje, 10 Euro en een onmogelijk te onderdrukken grijns van oor tot oor liep ik terug naar de bus om Angelique verhaal te doen :-).

Balaton is goed bevallen. De bus heeft een mooi groen laklaagje gekregen en de cabine en keuken zijn flink gepimpt! Overal handige haakjes, bakjes en kastjes geinstalleerd en alle spullen opgeruimd op een handige plek. Angelique en ik zijn trots J. Tussendoor een duik in het meer of vette frieten ...

... event in the town centre as they were all packing up their stalls when we got there. The centre is pretty, but very touristy.

We then drove to the "Valley of the beautiful women" where most wine producers have their cellars around in central park. You can walk into any (or all) of them and sample or buy their wines. They are rated on a three star scale, so you get ...

... 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 ...

... the show. I was slightly dissappointed to find out that it is a recording of a different show. Let's just say the opening piece is basically dancers dressed up as little ducklings marching around.

I spent the rest of the weekend with my aunts, uncles and cousins. Some I haven't seen in a decade. We were lucky enough to have three generations of Szelekovszkys together, not something we ever experienced before. Rayden played soccer with ...

... in the day which through various mirrors and lenses reflected the 360 degree outside view onto the table in the small dark room we were in. we decided the bbq was so good it was worth repeating, so back to the market to get some more of those sausages. We spent another afternoon at the wineries, topped up the 2 water bottles with good stuff and went home for another BBQ. Another great success but unfortunately we drank too much wine and had to duck back to get more the next ...

... to the stop where we needed to switch trains. We got to Eger at about 10:30 and then headed to the center of the town. We discovered a traditional Hungarian music contest that was going on in Dobo Square and wondered through some of the nearby shops. Not very many people speak English in Budapest, but menus usually at least have an English version. In Eger most tourists are either Hungarian or German, so it was even more ...

Today we travelled back in time, first at the college where Les went to school. He had a wonderful time travelling through the halls of he school he attended when studying engineering. Then on to Eger. Wonderfully interesting town. The castle is where the Turks first attacked Eger in 1546 with tens of thousands of soldiers. The Hungarians repelled them with a mere 1200 soldiers. It is one of the few places where women actively joined the battle - pouring hot ...

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 ...

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