What I Did This Summer – Part 3
Friday, October 26th, 2012For the last post on our summer travels I have to mention a long weekend that we spent in Budapest. It’s about a 5 1/2 hour drive from our house. The city is really lovely, reminding us of both Vienna and Prague, but unique as well.
We saw most of the “usual” sites – the castle hill, the cathedral, and of course took a boat down the river. We also got to enjoy two special events that were happening while we were there. The first was a weekend long series of horse races call the National Gallup. Every little town in Hungary sends a horse and a rider, dressed in traditional uniforms and they race around the Hero’s Square in the city. The races are fun to watch, but the food stalls that accompany it were a treat too.
The next day we day headed to the Castle which was hosting a national wine festival. The entire area was filled with booths from all over Hungary offering up wines we had never tasted before. Some of them were very good, but unfortunately not found very often outside of the country. If you happen to find ones from Villanyi in your local stores, give them a try.
Here’s some of the famous Hungarian paprika in action:
It’s hard to believe, but this is the same Danube River that we cycled along the month before!
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