Felsotarkany to Szilvasard - and Diana Arrived

We left Mrs. Szabo’s after a fine Hungarian breakfast, and headed into the National Park. Uphill. Constantly. For 3 ½ hours. 

The uphill was gradual at first, but got a lot tougher as we got near the top of Or-ku (880m).  After a long break, we started down. And we went steadily down for the next couple of hours, giving up all that hard earned altitude, until we got to Szilvasvarad. 

Szilvasvarad is a little Hungarian mountain town, know for, among other things, breeding Lipizzaner stallions. We headed straight for our hotel and got there 10 minutes before the third member of our party arrived by train. Diana  has caught up with us after traveling from Portland to Chicago to London to Budapest. And took trains to Eger and then to Szilvasvarad. Walking 15 miles tomorrow will be a piece of cake.