MOHACS AND PECS

MOHACS AND PECS

We arrived in Mohacs, a small town on the Danube, and had a drive through it on our way to Pecs. I should note that 'cs' in the Hungarian language is pronounced something like the 'sh' in English.

In Pecs we had a guided walking tour of the Bishop's Palace (those guys sure know how to live luxuriously) and Early Christian Necropolis. The Roman ruins date back to the 1st century and one of the burial chambers still had the original frescoes. The street level today is about 6 meters above the ruins.

We then went to the Zolnay Museum which is a collection of ceramic tiles created in Pecs. The company invented a glaze that withstands weather and the tiles adorn many of the roofs in Hungary. I took pictures of many of these beautiful tiled roofs in Budapest.

From there we bused to the village of Villany in the heart of wine country and visited the traditional, award-winning Polgar Winery. There we were treated to a lunch of local homemade salamis, ham, sausages and cheeses served in the wine cellars. We tried the Mangalitsa pork. These pigs are native to Hungary and have wooly coats. They are heavily marbleized and are often called the Kobe of pork. Dessert was strudel. During the lunch we tasted eight different wines.

The countryside is beautiful - we passed many fields of sunflowers in bloom - all with their heads turned in the direction of the sun.

We enjoyed a nap before dinner and are now heading out for a refill - we are not even hungry!

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