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October 24, 2001
country life
Just got back from a lovely weekend in Sárospatak. (A quick Hungarian lesson - S is pronounced "sh", so this place is pronounced Sharo-shpot-ock. 'Patak (as we call it) is lovely. It's a town of about 16,000 in northeastern Hungary about 4 hours from Budapest. There are 2 Americans teaching there with ESI, so we went there to visit them. It was wonderful to get out of the city. The pollution in Budapest is pretty bad, but I am so used to it that I forgot how good clean, country air smells. 'Patak is in the middle of Hungarian wine country too, so vineyards cover the rolling hills. We visited a 1000 year old castle, and took a lovely hike through the vineyards and the fall colors to a nice lake in the hills. Judi and Christy (the teachers that live there) are fabulous hostesses, so we got great food too. They made a huge Mexican meal in honor of Dave's birthday. This was a special treat, because Mexican food just isn't available here. (A few restaurants here claim to serve Mexican food, but they are lying.) These girls, though, made the real deal. Delicious.
Posted by neal on October 24, 2001 08:10 PM