Eger - home of the wine caves

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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 before catching a train, so their mission was to drink as much wine as possible in as many caves as possible before they all closed. It had been a few days since I had spoken English to anyone, so they were welcome company for a few glasses of wine. They have some good pics they are supposed to email me, will post them if I get them.

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