Eger, Hungary

... the dobo Istvan Square.  It was built in 1758 and completed in 1771.  I also took a look at the Eger Cathedral, a beautiful neo-classical church painted bright yellow.  Really quite a relaxing and charming town...Tonight we visit the Valley ...

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We took a daytip to the castle town of Eger, where we strolled its quaint streets and stopped into the local covered market to feast on a massive hamburger and a huge bag of cherries. Sebastian was nearly pick-pocketed in the town, which was a bit alarming ...

... taken over the rest of Hungary finally forced the turks to leave. As can be seen in the fotos, many remnants of the turks are still left in the building designs etc. More about Eger can be found here:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eger,_Hungary

After a few phonecalls on the way we finally found some rooms at the quaint little Hotel Arany Trofea in the older section of Eger. The roms were quaint, yet of good size, there were beds for 4 people in our room. We unpacked and then walked down to the ...