HungaryEger - located in the best wine region of Hungary, famous for its Bull's Blood Wine.
According to legend the name originated around 1552. During the Seize of Eger Castle the soldiers were served food and wine. The wine was mixed with bull's blood to symbolize the strength and resistance of Eger against their enemies. Bull's Blood must be made with a certain variety of grapes. Under communism that grape was replaced, producing a lighter wine. After the Iron Curtain fell the original grape variety returned producing the more darker traditional wine. |
There was a Jewish Ghetto in Eger. The county seat of Eger had 7,500 Jewish residents, after WWII there were less than 800 remaining.
School Visit in Recsk Village
We were able to meet a class of students, mostly Roma children. They were very interested in our cell phones, iPads and wanted to know if we used Facebook.
We learned that the rural schools in Hungary do not receive as much money from the European Union as the larger city schools.
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Kohari Winery
Budapest
The number 96 is an important number to the Hungarian people. The Magyars settled in Hungary in 896. Notice how often you will read this number as you enjoy these pictures of Budapest.
Originally built in Romanesque style in 1015, it has been rebuilt several times.
Official name is Church of Our Lady, but is called St. Matthias Church after the popular King. It has also been the place for several coronations, the last one in the early 1900's. |
St. Matthias Church
Steeple was added in 1896 |
Great Market Hall just missed the 1896 date, was built one year later in 1897
St Istvan's Basilica
Seeing the Sights
Food & Beer...
Shoes on the Danube Promenade
This memorial honors the Jewish people who were killed by the Fascist Arrow Cross (not the Nazi's) in WWII. They were ordered to take off their shoes, as they were a valuable belonging at that time. They were shot at the edge of the water so that their bodies fell into the Danube and were carried away.
You will see rocks, flowers, and notes left in the shoes in memory of the victims. 70 % Hungarian Jewish people were killed in the Holocaust
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