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Going straight from Roznava to Eger is only 105 kilometres, but as you are maybe already used from us we take many detours and it takes us more than 300 kilometres.

Hungary [1]

Elisabeth & Teije
2004-03-06 13:57:10

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Monday, June 23 Roznava - Eger (Hungary, 320 km)

Going straight from Roznava to Eger is only 105 kilometres, but as you are maybe already used from us we take many detours and it takes us more than 300 kilometres.

Within one hour we enter Hungary, but we go directly north again, into the beautiful Aggteleki national parc. Above the ground are dense woodlands, underground are many extensive caves, made by rainwater dripping through the soft limestone and eroding it. The Baradla-barlang is the largest with a total length of 22 kilometres (also reaching into Slovakia).
We stay above the ground today, and enjoy the beauty of nature. When we have a coffee break we are surrounded by dozens of butterflies. We keep seeing them througout the day.

Then we are headed for the south, then to the northeast, through the hills of Zemplen (with mountaintops over 800 metres). It is still mostly woodlands, but all arable land is in use for viticulture. Many well known Hungarian wines come from this region. The villages look poorer than in Slovakia, but we have seen only a small part of that country.
Once, we see a castle in the distance, at Boldogkovaralja. It was build in the 13th century, blown up by the Austrians, but has been renovated later and is now in use as a hotel.

We don't know any word in Hungarian when we order our first coffee, but we manage. We practise some Hungarian words, but we get no 'feeling' with them and cannot remember a single one. We had the same with Finnish, an associated language.

When we leave the hills, the landscape becomes more boring: small hamlets, villages with factories, all remnants of the Soviet time. We are heading for the next national parc, the Bukki Nemzeti, but first we have to go through Miskolc. There must be many monuments here, but it looks like a dirty and gloomy industrial town.

So we want to drive through ...