Day 13 - Friday, August 14, 2026

My presentation was scheduled for 1 pm, so I took a morning train directly to Erdöbénye from Budapest, getting there around 10 am. The train station was about half an hour from Erika´s house, where I met her, Peter, her partner and her friends.

Granted, I was a bit nervous, as I am not too keen in speaking in front of crowds - and I believe it showed a bit. Still, it went rather well, I spkoke of my various trips, ranging from the Hawaii in the one part of the world over to Vietnam on the other side, in between stops in places such as Morocco or Georgia. To my surprise, no-one (of the twenty listeners or so...) fell asleep and I spoke for nearly two hours.

In the afternoon, I enjoyed the rest of the wine festival, going from house to house. No, I did not get drunk, guess I am getting "mature" (or just old?).

The village of Erdöbénye is a small one, with only one real hotel, so Erika arranged a tent site for me - I pitched my tent in the garden of a friend of hers, along with some other happy campers.