Last night I checked out of Ilonka's and in to a hotel. I am determined to enjoy each and every last minute of my vacation. I wouldn't trade the trip to Austria, nor the time I stayed in Esztergom or Sarborgard, but I still feel there's more I can get out of this trip. I had a great nights sleep last night on a more comfortable bed with no snoring restless grampa around. That combined with nice hot showers where I don't feel rushed, and I feel great. The cough still comes and goes but otherwise I'm 100%.

After we got back from Austria we spent another 2 days in Esztergom. The first night we went out for dinner with the Balogh's and a friend of the family. It was a cute little theme restaurant in Visegrad, about a 15-20 minute drive from Esztergom.

The food was great and since I sat next to Kris I had someone to talk to. I also had an nice glass of red wine that went perfectly with the meal.

The next day we went out to Jansci's pincer (wine cellar). It's in a cute area sort of like mini vineyards. People have a small house with a cellar and some farm land around it. Some of the houses were pretty elaborate and were more like weekend homes while others were more functional and used only for making wine or palinka (pronounced pall-ink-ah) which is a fruit brandy. Potent stuff, I imagine it's what paint thinner would taste like if it had a slight fruit aftertaste.

Jansci doesn't bother with the growing part, he prefers to buy the fruit from other people and then make the liquor.

The next morning Jansci rented us a car to use for the duration of our stay and loaned us one of their GPS units. We then headed back to Budapest. Unfortunately, the GPS unit spoke in Hungarian and grampa was getting confused by its directions. Since I couldn't understand a word it said I couldn't help him with it, so I turned it off, switched on my wifi, and used Google navigation on my phone. We got back to the apartment in about an hour and a half and were able to park behind Ilonka's apartment for a small daily fee.