Mohacs and Pecs, Hungary

Tuesday October 27

The Odyssey arrived in Mohacs, Hungary, fairly early but we had to wait until the customs and immigration people arrived at 9 am. It took a while to complete the formalities, and when the coffee and pastries ran out, we were cleared and the captain backed the boat from the customs dock to downtown Mohacs, about a mile.

Finally, we loaded onto the busses and headed to Pecs, one of the larger cities of Hungary. This was a quicky tour since we were shorted about an hour by the customs delays.

First stop, a very nice cathederal which had a Roman Necropolis under it. After leaving the cathederal, we walked underground and viewed a part of the necropolis, which had been covered over in glass for better lighting.

One of the bits of local color we ran into were the lock fences. Its a tradition of sorts to put a lock onto a fence when one gets married. The red locks indicate you already had a baby when you got married. This apparently is popular in Hungarian college towns.

We walked through the old town, and had some free wandering time, but pretty soon it was bus time. We got back to the boat for lunch, then shoved off fo Kalosca, a few hours upriver.

This evening the crew put on the tradition crew's show, starting with a rendition of YMCA that had passenger toes tapping. Bad jokes and skits, a good time was had by all.

We're docked in the middle of nowhere -- the river changed course and the town is about 4 miles away.