Szent Janos Hotel Eger

... 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 ...

... we gisteren en vandaag bezocht. Een stad vol contrasten waar ik vast nog een keertje zal komen. De enorm brede Danube met geweldige bruggen en oude gebouwen, prachtige kerken en een indrukwekkend parlementsgebouw in contrast met Leidseplein-achtige pleinen en hippe winkels en cafés. Heb mn looks dus maar even laten aanpassen bij de lokale kapper :-)

Nu staan we op de camping in Eger, de bekende ongaarse wijngaarden. Morgen misschien een klein katertje?

... 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 ...

Early Friday morning we took off to my parent's cabin located in the Northern part of the country, near Miskolc. The house is in a tiny village called Sajogalgoc, my dad grew up here, so the ties are particularly strong to theis area. In fact, their house use to be the local school my dad and his brothers attended while my grandmother use to be the one and only schoolteacher here for several years after WW II.
Most of my relatives were going ...

... a completely reflective pod, it was like peeing into infinity and getting lost on the way to the sink. I felt dizzy coming out of there. A ride in the futuristic lift up the castle hill to take in the view cleared our heads. We felt like real tourists! Oh I nearly forgot to mention the thunderstorm, never seen one quite like it, never mind been caught in the middle of it, the lightning crashing and flashing with such frequent regularity it felt unreal, almost like a heavenly ...

... and went to try. The first cellar we went into was being manned by a little old lady who spoke no English. We tasted some merlot, which was fantastic. She was quiet defensive to begin with but was getting friendlier as we were leaving. Just as we were about to go out a group of people were starting to go in, the little old lady looked at them and then said 'NET' and shook her head and arms. They walked away and she looked to us and said ...

... that is actually what it's called) for some wine tasting and dinner. The first wine cellar that we stopped at was more like a cave. As you walked in the temperature dropped and the entire cave was covered with (what looked like black) mold! They said the mold keeps the temperature right for the wines all year long. An older man came around to a picnic style table and asked what we wanted to try. He returned with a carafe over his shoulder with a long spout for which he used ...

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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