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Szarfold and Gyor
... and Thomas' father and mother's gravesites.
In the evening, we went into downtown Gyor and walked through what they call the Old Town. It was being decorated for a festival and was very impressive looking. The Archbishop was saying mass here today and we took in a bit of the start of mass.
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Szarfold
Family-heavy continued...
Thomas Barcovicz picked us up in Csorna and we drove to Szarfold to visit Ettus (Ethol Varga), Mary Puhl's niece. After visiting Ettus, we drove onward to visit John Balka, his daughter Eva and his son Ernest. Yoland, who was John's wife, is a sister to Ettus. We looked at many pictures and were offered food and drink from each house. Ettus has a chair that is 200 years old that used to belong to Ference ...
Csorna on a Sunday
Forewarning! These next entries will be family-heavy. Mom is dictating to me while I type it out, so it's a group effort.
We arrived in Csorna in the afternoon and settled our things into the Remete Panzio (Guest House).
From there we took a walk to locate the spot where Agnes Markus used to live. The house had been torn down and a new one built in the same location. After this, we managed to find Imery Gulyas and were able to ...
Meeting Family
Today we travelled from Mosonmagyarovar to Gyor. In Gyor, we met with Vicki, Izuzsi and her family and drove by car to Pannonhalma, where we would be staying the night at Vicki's parent's house.
Eszter and Gabor were having a reunion today with their family, so it was a full house when we got there. We were able to meet so many people in their family - cousins and uncles and grandmas and ...
Day 12 Tu, July 24 (101km) The Uneventful Day
Despite having to bike 100km I slept in a bit and spent some time with Cat and the girls before heading South East to Komarno at the border of Hungary.
It was a windy day but was sunny and the entire ride was pretty much flat. Just what I needed. It was close to 30 degrees so I had to adjust to the heat but managed alright. My back was still stiff and it ...
