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Tully’s Breakfast
Apparently Tully’s is pretty big here. Who knew? There’s one near our first hotel, and we don’t want to waste a bunch of time on a sit down breakfast, so we’ve been there when they open grabbing something quick. They have a Honey Milk Latte, that if just sweet enough and a coffee frappachino style…
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Fuku Sushi
Dinner last night. Traditional sushi in a neighborhood outside the tourist areas. We sat on cushions at a low table, criss-cross applesauce. The sushi chef spoke no English, his wife, our server, spoke only a couple words in English. We were the only people in the restaurant at that time. Payment was cash only. The…
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Micro Pig Cafe
We went to a micro pig cafe. You pay for a block of time and they put you in a small room on the floor with pigs. Our room had 3. The big one was Daryl and the little brown one was William and the small spotty one was Charles. You get a drink and…
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Food Tour Tokyo
July 10th 2025. We were in the heart of the tourist district of Tokyo, Asakusa. i learned a lot at this food tour. Our guide was fantastic and chatted with us about Japan, the US, and Canada. He is a sushi chef with 11 years of experience and considering moving to Vancouver BC in the…
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Breakfast
Eva has a friend with goats who makes goat cheese. She made all of these different varieties of cheeses. They were so good, but there were so many we couldn’t try them all in one day.
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Katimama’s Party
Katimama threw a party in our honor. Hungarian homes are usually fully fenced in with private landscaped front yard and backyard all within the fenced area. This is the front yard of their house. I got a tour of the house which is all on one floor. The homes generally have tile floors, small kitchens,…
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Flammekueche
Let’s talk a little bit about this overlooked area of German food culture. We ate it twice, bit you only get one photo because I’m way better at eating the food than I am at taking photos I of it. It’s basically their own version of a thin crust pizza. It’s generally with white sauce…
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Nyíregyháza Zoo
Nyíregyháza has the most beautiful zoo in Europe. I haven’t seen any others so it certainly is the most beautiful I have seen. There were a lot of big cats at this zoo. I didn’t get photos of all if then, but it was more than I have ever seen at a zoo. A pair…
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Arrival in Nyíregyháza
We arrived at Jázmin’s home where we first had to meet Lujza, who only barked at us for a couple minutes. And we got to meet Katimama and Imipapa. Imipapa immediately tried to get us to drink palinka. He was so kind and happy. Katimama made is a huge pot of stuffed cabbage (töltött káposzta).…
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Budapest
We drove to Budapest and spent the day exploring the old part of the city. Eva dropped us off and we started off the day on top of an open air bus. Budapest has fabulous old buildings and a few newer ones. It was so hot, I thought I was going to melt when the…
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