'nuf said.
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Beautiful Woman Valley in Eger, Hungary
My roommate, Silke, and I set out on an adventure last weekend. The trip took us to Eger, a wine city in the east part of Hungary. We went for two reasons: the castle and the wine cellars. I'll tell you about the castle later, but the wine cellars were particularly amusing.
Picture a rather nice day suddenly darkening and turning to rain... downpouring rain. Picture Silke and I walking along with one umbrella between the two of us, trying to figure out where we're going. Picture us realizing that we had finally arrived and then not having any idea which wine cellar to go to. Now picture a lady sitting on a chair outside her wine cellar, waving us to come in and try HER wines. Of course, we couldn't pass up such a display of enthusiasm, so we went in. For the next half hour, as we sipped on her family's wine, she shared stories about her many visitors with us (in Hungarian) and even convinced us to buy some wine and take it home.
Here she is "pouring" my glass of wine.
Silke likes dry whites, I like semi-sweet reds
enjoying our cellar!
Empty. It was quite a walk for one glass of wine, but it seemed totally worth it.
oh, and I should probably make a note that will make wine connoisseurs jealous.
Silke and I each enjoyed a glass of wine for 300ft TOTAL. By today's conversion, that's $1.32 or $0.66 each. Cheaper than water.
At any point, it's weird to note that you don't see people going crazy with alcohol much in this village. It's touristic, but not a bunch of drunk people walking around. It was nice to realize that this is a highly respected thing, and by taking part in it, you are taking part in time-honored tradition, hard work and families' devotions and dreams.
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