http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Eger/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Hungary , Eger en-us Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:21:48 BST Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:21:48 BST Day 9 Saturday September 13th 2008 We were woken up on the train on Saturday about 730 in the morning when one of the attendants brought us our rail passes. We finally reached the station in Budapest around 845. Once off the train we had to find the nearest departure board to determine what platform the 905 departure to Eger would be leaving from. The board listed the train as leaving 10 m http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Eger/blog-333757.html 240808 Valley of the Beatiful Women and terential rainWe spent another day in Zakopane doing very little just enjoying a bit of a holiday and left for Hungary early Saturday morning. We decided to drive through Slovakia and continue on to Hungary. The trip through Slovakia was some of the best scenery on the trip mountainous and river valleys and huge forests. Irsquove come to the con http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Eger/blog-315659.html The only Hungarian I know is Zoltan 'Paul' Viski guitarist with The Jazz Traitors. He's not really Hungarian he lives in Ealing. Before setting off I asked him what I should take with me as a gift when I visit some of his relatives. 'Curtains' came the reply. That's Hungarian humour.7.00am. Terminal 5 at Heathrow. Now there's a concept. But actually the chaos seems to have subsided at last alt http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Eger/blog-312078.html Eger Hungary We caught a morning train on 731 from Budapast to Eger and we enjoyed a pleasant sandwich lunch. Eger was a nice change of pace from Budapest. Quiet uncrowded slow pace pedestrianonly lanes of colorful buildings leading to a small town square. We wandered around for a while before catching the kitzchy tourist train to the Valley of the Beautiful Women to spend all afterno http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Eger/blog-307968.html Hi everyoneJust a quick note today because we haven't been up to a whole lot lately.Yesterday we climbed aboard an overnight train to Hungary. Compared to our last overnight train it was a comparitively short 8hrs but once again we had to get up early to present our passports the major drawback to overnight trains.We arrived in Eger nice and early and set out to explore the city. We started http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Eger/blog-205734.html July 18 2007 KrakowhellipWOW We have just wrapped up 4 days in Krakow Poland. The first word that comes to mind is WOW It is an amazing vibrant gorgeous city. The Polish people are intelligent beautiful nice kind and loving their new freedom. The energy in Krakow was magnetichellip.we just loved it Admittedly I didnrsquot want to come to Krakow. I had visions of cold gr http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Eger/blog-183308.html Hello everyone Well since I last left a blog we have been to Eger HUngary Kosice Slovakia staying a night in Miskolc HUngary between the two and Vysoke Tatrz Slovakia. To let you know this keyboard is a nightmare what a suprise and for some unknown reason will only let me do brackets facing in one direction. Great stuff. So anyway since I last wrote we have left our original path http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Eger/blog-175413.html Apologies currently unable to restore. If you have a backup please edit this entry and savepublish.There is a small possibility that this entry will be restored only small. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Eger/blog-171614.html We crossed into Hungary at a very small border crossing from Slovakia so small a road we got lost and couldn't find Hungary for a while Very surprisingly the first building we met in Hungary about 2km over the border was a campsite. The campsite was hosting the '11th annual international cave rescue conference' but there was still plenty of room for us. Weather was good so we parked up got http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Eger/blog-168055.html The Fortress of EgernbspEurope raquonbspHungary raquonbspEger By korossylMay 25th 2007 I'm pretty much living a dream. In 1552 2000 Hungarians under the command of Capt. Istvn Dob engaged the Turkish forces under bashas Ali and Ahmed. When the Turks retreated 30 days later there were 400 Hungarian martyred... and 140000 Turks killed. This is one of the most glorious victories in Hu http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Eger/blog-162036.html EgerEurope Hungary Eger By korossylMay 23rd 2007So on 0521 I made it to Eger and on 0523 I went on a photo expedition. Unfortunately I also got pretty tired of uploading photos to this blog so it's good I didn't take more. The fortress itself the interiors of some the churches some more general landscape shots etc. will be forthcoming. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Eger/blog-161393.html Feeling a call to nature during my Budapest onlsaught I packed up for a few days and headed north east.A tip off from a Canadian friend and a burgeoning problem with alcoholism meant I was very keen to check out the wine growing region of Eger.Tantalisingly known as The Valley of the Beautiful Women I'd heard tall tales and true about this magnificent experience this must be sampled glimpse o http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Eger/blog-133510.html Yesterday on Saturday we organized a trip to Eger by our own. We started at 9 am in the morning. After 2.20h travelling by train we arrived in Eger northeast Hungary one of the famous vine regions. During the day we visited the Basilika the Minareth the castle Turkish Bath ... Later we went to the Valley of beautiful women to look for a good vine cellar.It was great here. More than 40 vin http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Eger/blog-132643.html After arrivin in Budapest we got hold of Jony and Joe and met up with them... after wonderin around for a while we had dinner with the lads and found somewhere to stay and did some wine tastin or somthin cant really remember.. the next dayi went to find some where else to stay and kym tryed to get some money from the banks because he had a replacement card apparently he coulda of killed someone c http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Eger/blog-87584.html We're in Eger for a second day not by choice. We should have taken the 722 am train to Kosice Slovakia but we thought we could get there by bus later in the day. After much pantomiming no english here we discovered that there were no buses going to Kosice today. So we tracked down a nice hotel just outside of Eger and have been lounging by the pool reading our assignments for next week http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Eger/blog-77212.html Antes de Eger Ya habia amenecido un poco mejor que el dia anterior pero continuaba enfermo pero me sentia mejor este dia decidi que ibamos a Eger a despejarnos de las grandes ciudades de Europa. Asi que tome el autobus el trayecto duro 2 horas antes de llegar a Eger Un momento embarazoso En mi ida a Eger pase por un pueblo llamado Gyongyos llego a la central de autobus yo estaba en el cami http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Eger/blog-68909.html After our Budapest blowout we decided to slow the pace down a bit and took a train out some 160km east to a small town called Eger in Heves County. Eger is at the heart of Hungary's wine region and this increased its appeal.We arrived at Eger station shortly after midday and were greeted by an elderly woman called Kathy who offered us to stay in her home during our stay. As Eger is such a small http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Eger/blog-54197.html Eger is known for it's valley full of caves turned wine cellars. There you can buy the local Bull's blood wine by the glass or litre straight from the cask. Legend has it that soldiers drank the wine for strength while defending the town. With their beards stained red attackers thought the soldiers were drinking blood.I met two American guys in the caves who only had a few hours in Eger bef http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Eger/blog-21560.html