Kokai Meister Adventures: 2008.07.12. - Visegrád, Hungary

Our last 10 days were designated to be spent in Hungary, Magyarország in and around Györ and Budapest.

We booked yet again and well in advance our regular all-inclusive family package at Nagyi & Nagypapa which had many extras on the top - some of the highlights being I am afraid culinary:

- for the kids: Nagyi's PALACSINTA (Pancakes)

- but also the popular KIFLI (Hungarian bread roll)

- and KAKAÓS CSIGA (chocolate rolls) -

- for me: LÀNGOS (Hungarian fried flat bread, typically rubbed with garlic and topped with sour cream and grated cheese) -

- and for Norbert SOMLÓI GALUSKA (a famous Hungarian sponge-cake dessert made out of chocolate-cream walnut dumplings) -

Enjoying these sometimes very "rich" flavors did not cause too many guilty feelings since we spent quite an active time there.

And so we visited for example Visegrád, an important and beautiful place in the Danube Bend. Supposedly you can see the whole panoramic view from its castle on the top of the hill which I cannot confirm due to lack of time to check it out this time.
Visegrád played a very important role in the Hungarian history - it was home of the kings from the 12th century.

Our reason to go was the series of events known as the Visegrádi International Palace Tournament, one of Hungary's most prominent venues of this kind, not only in its scale but also in its originality, being held every year since 1985. It brings to life the atmosphere of the city`s golden age, a medieval royal town, evoked with a tournament and royal procession, medieval markets, handicrafts, food and drink.

Medieval court games are held throughout the day including jousting, archery, an Italian flag-show, the Knights Septhatlon and the Competition between Czech, Polish, Slovakian and Hungarian champions.

It was no surprise to us that Daniel used the opportunity to fight himself while the girls turned their attention to less aggressive medieval activities.