Thursday, September 25, 2008
Eger
11/09/2008
We had to move from our B&B - luckily only to next door!
We caught our train to Eger and Judit supplied us with lunch - which we ate on the way. (Judit definitely deserves a gold kangaroo!)
Eger is a pretty spa town with an old world ambiance with modern shops. It is a bit off the tourist track and is more frequented by Hungarians.
As well as the spas there are quite a number of vineyards in the area, however you need a couple of days to do Eger properly.
When we got off the train we went to the ticket office to ask about the bus into town. A girl said Rob, what are you doing here!? and it was Elizabeth Tilly a journalist Bob has worked with at the Courier Mail. So it was a great surprise all round and catch up. She was backpacking with a couple of girlfriends and had a few days in Eger which they all loved. They are heading for Croatia so you never know we might meet up again.
Afterwards Bob said to me See I told you I would meet someone I know! - and he had too!
We got a taxi into Eger as we had missed the bus - and the driver gave us a running commentary of the sites in broken english on the way. We enjoyed Eger even though it was rushed.
We walked the castle and spent some time strolling the town while munching some pastries we bought. Always a surprise to find out what's inside..... a sausage in one and we think... prunes in the other!! Hmmm... just as well we brought the "Imodium".
Returning to the station to wait for our train we had time to try our luck with a coffee. Bob was very pleased when he returned with what looked to be cappuccinos.... but turned out to be hot chocolate... at least it was drinkable.
We got back about 7p.m as we got a bit lost finding the underground... but not too much! Only had to tackle the stairs once as we had dinner before we went home to the B & B.
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