Wine Tasting Tokaj

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The last days were really fully booked. On Friday we were rock climbing the whole day with some mentors outside in the Buda Hills. Really good and nice to learn/try it a little bit.
Saturday morning I went with Andre to Tokaj - the famous white wine region in the northeast of Hungary. There had arranged to meet with the other esn-group from Debrecen. In price it is quite cheap here. Accomodation less than 7€ and beer in the Disco also only 1€. Before we started with wine tastings, we looked around in the village of Tokaj and visited the wine museum. If you want wine, you must only ring at some door and ask to get one. Then you go with the wine grower to his wine cellare, taste some and drink what you want in the garden. Also we had some booked wine tastings where us was explained everything.
After this gread party night we hired a kanu on the next day and made a small tour on the river Theiss. It's a very nice landscape here, based on vulcanic surface and also belongs to the UNESCO world culture heritage list. Later we also did a short hike up to Tokaj Hill.
Then we meet our other friends from Budapest who decided to come only one day here - just for wine tasting. Accordingly so drunken some of them were that I can't write the stories here (protection of the privacy).
But at the arrival in Budapest, the metro police kicked us out from the station cause some where sliding down the escalator in the underground.
So at least a very nice weekend again with the right mixture of culture, party and sport.
I'll be excited then how the next trip to Poland will be.

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Photos

Climbing
the bandit waiting for his booties

Climbing
Hm, I don't know how to go forward here

Climbing
3 german alpinists

Tokaj
We with the people from Debrecen

Tokaj
estimated distance to my hometown

1st wine tasting
private wine tasting outside in some garden - just ring at some house that is signed for wine

2nd wine tasting
booked wine tasting in the only cellar that has 2 layers

2nd wine tasting
a classicist at enjoying

3nd wine tasting
the last wine cellar

3nd wine tasting
getting out the wine from the barrel

3nd wine tasting
small group photo with the wine grower

3nd wine tasting
in some Tokaj Disco after the wine tastings

Tokaj
kanu tour on Sunday at river Theiß

Kanu tour
the nice river, around wonderful nature - view from the kanu

Hiking
walking up to Tokaj Hill

Hiking
view over the landscape from Tokaj Hill

wine tasting Sunday
meeting the latecomers from Budapest

Tokaj - train trip
Me and the train conductor: I'm testing his pipe.