Blogs from Northern Hungary, Hungary, Europe - page 5

Day 9 Budapest - Miskolc I am fucking knackered this whole carrying my life on my back is starting to take its toll and i reckon im gna need knee replacements and while there at it hips as well there getting a bit creeky.. Also i think i,ve developed a slight hunch.. I have to like psych myself up to mount the monstrocity on my back, and then attempting the steep steps and narrow corridors on the train is a joke.. You cant turn either and swing the bag off i end up just standing leaning back and dropping it.. Also my sleeping bag, wellies and tent attached to the outside of it so its actually wider than me.. Anyway i had a nice breakfast this morning and washed it down with a cold Becks.. Got ... read more

… ja edessä odottaa DUUNI! (tietenkin on hirveen kivaa, että ihmisellä on duuni…!!!) Maanantai-aamu kun koitti, niin otimme suunnan POHJOISEEN!!! Ajoimme samaa reittiä kuin tullessamme: Sátoraijaujhelyn rajakaupunkiin ja Slovakiaan Kositseen, josta, Lubliniin yöksi.. Lublinissa kävimme katsomassa muutaman hotellin, joista pari oli ihan järkyttäviä ”neukkumallisia” hirviöitä, hinnat pilvissä ja yksi keskikaupungilla oli söpö, mutta kallis. Olimme ennen kaupunkia nähneet kivan näköisen hotellin, joten palasimme takaisin etsimään sitä. Ennen kuin ehdimme ajaa niin kauas, huomasimme uuden Motellin tien oikealla puolella keskellä autokorjaamoja yms. teollisen oloisia halleja. Se oli nimeltään ytimekkäästi ”Motell”. Valinta osoittautui erinomaiseksi. Aidattu alue, jonka portit suljettiin yöksi, takasi turvan täyteen pakatulle autollemme ja meille yön rauhallisessa kivassa huoneessa maukkaa... read more

The food hasn't really improved. What they like best over here is lukewarm pork or turkey done in various styles, with pickled cabbage and dumplings. I make a mental note to tell Zoltan to get himself out here: he's looking for a girlfriend, and the girls of Eger are stunning. (Bridget adds that he could smarten himself up a bit, starting with that grey fleece he wears all the time.) Yesterday, as we started our walk at the little station of Egeresvolgy-Varrohaz, one member of our party spotted a sign saying Beware Of Wolves. Later, in the woods, we came across some still-tended war graves, one of them that of Horst Orstenburg who was pursued and killed by the Russians in 1944. Apparently the nearby town of Miskolc was an important centre for Nazi armaments production. ... read more

Hi everyone, Just 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 with a great fort that sits just above the city, which was very cool. Unfortunately the long train ride and lack of sleep started to catch up with me and I had to go home for a sleep... my sleep did nothing to make me feel better, and later I developed an upset stomach. At the same time Matthew has come down with ... read more

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 for one less well known, and with this has come increasing difficulties with language, some interesting situations at restaurants (when the dishes are named in Slovakian/Hungarian and none of the waiters speak english( and a lot of excitement. After Budapest we headed off to Eger, a town famed for its wine. Fantastic we thought, wine and rural Hungary. Unfortunately on arrival we discovered that ... read more