castle

annamari and family took me to "boldogok castle". it was a while ago (like in june) but better late than never, right?

destination: old castle - 13th century

setting: mountains (the Zemplén mountains, to be exact)

we arrived and began the trudge upwardat the top there were some knights fightinglater zoli and i tried on the knight gear

haha, they take as many pictures as i do!

we totally walked on that rickety wooden walkway

oldeszter sitting by ... what are those holes called that people shot guns/cannons through?

i loved that little path way out there

here's a better picture where you can see the path part of the castle on the right

i would have loved to go to that gazebo thing but it was closed the day we were there :(

steep steps are no match for us

i totally asked those knights to take a picture with us... ok, i think i said to them "excuse me!" and when they turned around i nudged annamari and told her to ask them, whatever.

(p.s. that little girl who is not eszter is dori, zoli and annamari's niece. she was fun but will not be regularly featured in this blog.)

when we left we drove through some great villages. in most of them we could see this typical hungarian scene: the storks! love, love, love them and their big nests!

we stopped in some town to see these old guys doing a wine festival dance

fyi: those are not hula hoops but flimsy rods held into that shape

we watched for a while (my camera battery died before i could get pics of the wine part of the wine dance) and then ate some food. here's proof:verdict on the food was that i've had better and i've had worse. :)

i'm so glad they invite me to go places with them. they're my favorite nyiregyhaza family!