Blogs from Western Transdanubia, Hungary, Europe - page 4

Gorog utunk elott hazalatogattunk a szulofalumba Baluval:) Pereszteg Soprontol kb.18km-re talalhato,bekes kis falucska...a termeszeten kivul itt nem sok mindent talal a vandor, csupan 1kocsmat,2boltot, 1ovit es 1altalanos iskolat, dehat en ezert is szertem. Keveseknek adatott meg az a szerencse, h. olyan helyen cseperedjen fel, ami eleg kozel van a nagyvaroshoz ahhoz h. a lehetosegek tarhaza nyitott maradjon szamara es megis , eleg messze ahhoz,hogy megtapasztalja az egyszeruseg oromet,a termeszet szepseget es a szabadsag varazsat. Es ami a legfontosabb, itt elnek a szuleim, akikhez sosem "vendegsegbe", hanem "haza" megyek...... read more

This entry is marked as Hungary - since there is no entry on travelblog.org for´Das Burgenland', the current easternmost province of Austria - which stayed with Hungary after the countries split at the end of WW1 until the province, formerly Western Hungary, was joined to the new Austrian republic. That is all of the province except for its capital, Sopron (Odensburg in German), which voted to stay in Hungary. Thus the province was without a capital city. The second largest town, changed its name at the time from Mattersdorf or Mattersvillage to Mattersburg or Matterscastle, in order to give it more cachet as a possible capital city but the title went to the contender Eisenstadt which already was called Stadt or City. Both of the towns are still quite small. The province was quite poor ... read more

This part of the old town goes back to Roman times. ... read more

I’ve drunk a lot of wine in my time, but being from a rainy northern European country the opportunity to be involved in the creation of it hasn’t been around. For Hungarians making (and drinking) wine is part of everyday life, nearly everyone has a small vineyard in the family or has a close friend or neighbour who does. My girlfriend’s uncle has a vineyard, just a small one, in Vas county. Every autumn the grapes have to be collected, crushed and the resulting liquid pumped into barrels to ferment. To get the grapes picked, everyone needs to get involved, the neighbours, friends, and family spend a whole day collecting the grapes. What do the neighbours and friends get out of it? Well, a lot of wine. An early start on a misty September morning ... read more