Eger is a town in the East of Hungary. It has alot great of history to it. "I will explain. . . No No time to explain . . . I will sum up." When the turks invaded Hungary the small town castle fortress of Eger filled with two thousand men and women defended against the army of ten thousand turks and won. It was the only town to do so.
It is a small town with thermal baths(which are great), shops, castle, and very nice people. The markets are filled with old women trying you to get you to buy their grapes or other weird jelly like substance.
We also stayed in an old womens apartment in Eger and she gave us all the tourist info we could ever need.
Eger is in huge Wine Country. Their are many vineyards nearby and in the proper town of Eger their are tons of wine cellars which have been carved out of the lime stone hills. We went the the district of the cellars and could go try the wine at each for 100 Forint($0.75) a glass. The best was the Bull's Blood wine of Eger.
Eger was alot of fun and took our pace down a notch form the ever busy city of Budapest.
The next stop was decided about three days before we went. One day we said lets go to Krakow. And we bought a train ticket and thats where you will hear from us next.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Budapest is for EVERYONE!!!
We LOVED BUDAPEST!!!!
There was so much to do, see, eat, drink, smell, listen to and so much more. We struck gold and happened upon flats to rent for short periods of time instead of the whole hostel scene. The first was a private room in an old womans flat just off the Danube river. She would make us tea and coffee in the morning and help us with are pronunciation with our Magyar (Hungarian).
The other accommodations we found were two private flats that we kept for a little over a week. This made it feel a little more like home and allowed us not to pick up Backpacks for a long time which was an amazing break or intermission in our three month adventure.
Budapest is So beautiful. The Danube river is very wide and splits the two cities of Buda and Pest very eloquently. Once a day we would go up to the Buda palace and either go to a museum or gallery or just have a picnic over looking the entire city.
The food was very good and full of the Paprika flavor and well grease but in a very flavorful and purposeful way. The sausage and vegetables were always sided by some sauerkraut and then there were the Langos. I cannot describe to you what this simple yet exquisite delicacy meant to me and how it affected me on our trip.
We lucked out in Budapest and got to see a Ballet and a Philharmonics Concert. The Budapest Opera House is World renowned and luckily sells tickets as low as 800 Forint($4).
Like the title says there is something in Budapest for everyone. It is so hard to explain what captivated us the most about this city but it did and we fell in love with it and the people.
There was so much to do, see, eat, drink, smell, listen to and so much more. We struck gold and happened upon flats to rent for short periods of time instead of the whole hostel scene. The first was a private room in an old womans flat just off the Danube river. She would make us tea and coffee in the morning and help us with are pronunciation with our Magyar (Hungarian).
The other accommodations we found were two private flats that we kept for a little over a week. This made it feel a little more like home and allowed us not to pick up Backpacks for a long time which was an amazing break or intermission in our three month adventure.
Budapest is So beautiful. The Danube river is very wide and splits the two cities of Buda and Pest very eloquently. Once a day we would go up to the Buda palace and either go to a museum or gallery or just have a picnic over looking the entire city.
The food was very good and full of the Paprika flavor and well grease but in a very flavorful and purposeful way. The sausage and vegetables were always sided by some sauerkraut and then there were the Langos. I cannot describe to you what this simple yet exquisite delicacy meant to me and how it affected me on our trip.
We lucked out in Budapest and got to see a Ballet and a Philharmonics Concert. The Budapest Opera House is World renowned and luckily sells tickets as low as 800 Forint($4).
Like the title says there is something in Budapest for everyone. It is so hard to explain what captivated us the most about this city but it did and we fell in love with it and the people.
Monday, October 22, 2007
When the moon hits my Blog . . . Italiano
Italy was Molto Bene! We arrived in Lake Como which is in the Northern Center of Italy. The Lake was beautiful and surrounded by the alps. The town was a little touristy and filled with good food and a very cool bike shop selling pretty cheap De Rosa, and Colnago road bikes.
Rome was very crowded and filled to the brim with history, scooters, smells(good and bad) and gellato. The pizza was very good and the Forum and Collesium was and enlightening sight.
The Amalfi Coast took our pace down a notch and we spent some time down by the beach and relaxing in the very warm climate.
The lifestyles of the europeans is so different from Americanos . . . from what I have seen.
It is has been very interesting be an observer for this long of a continuous period and in a foreign land.
We are off to Hungary for now . . . Ciao!!!
Rome was very crowded and filled to the brim with history, scooters, smells(good and bad) and gellato. The pizza was very good and the Forum and Collesium was and enlightening sight.
The Amalfi Coast took our pace down a notch and we spent some time down by the beach and relaxing in the very warm climate.
The lifestyles of the europeans is so different from Americanos . . . from what I have seen.
It is has been very interesting be an observer for this long of a continuous period and in a foreign land.
We are off to Hungary for now . . . Ciao!!!
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