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SUMMARY:Hungary & Romania Ag-Venture Tour
DESCRIPTION:Hungary      & Romania       Exotic Names & Uni
 que Tastes\n \nMay 23 – June 7, 2014 \nStarting with a tour of the
  Central Market, Notre-Dame church and Fisherman’s Bastion in Budape
 st, we next head to the wine-tasting area at the baroque town of Eger 
 and wine trade exhibits at Tokaj to talk and tour with the vintner. �
 � A tour of the Tokoczi Castle will be especially fascinating. We’ll
  tour Puszta City by cart and then learn about Hungarian gray cattle, 
 buffaloes, Mangaliza swine, Racka sheep and see  a brief equestrian s
 how. at Hortobagy National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site. More Hu
 ngarian breeds of livestock and fowl to learn about at Tuba Farm befor
 e travelling to Roszke on the southern border to learn about Paprika, 
 the “pepper of the poor”. Tasting local produce and learning about
  geese farming will be a novel experience before driving to Szeged to 
 tour the palace, cathedral and enjoy a cruise on the Tisza River. Larg
 e scale production of vegetables, crops, fruits & wines will peak our 
 interest in the region of Mako Szeged.  Learn about production and ma
 rketing Mako onion in Europe. Explore a typical Hungarian village at A
 mbrozfalva.  A Hungarian farewell dinner by the Fekete family who wil
 l serve a traditional feast complete with live gypsy music before depa
 rting by bus for Romania on May 30.\nArriving by bus from Hungary, we 
 travel through picturesque countryside to overnight at Sibiu and tour 
 the Hunyad Castle dating from the Middle Ages. Many of Romania’s 19 
 million inhabitants live in smaller towns and touring the Huert Square
 , Liars Bridge & Cathedrals in this town will give us an insight into 
 everyday life.  Next, we’re off  to Sighisoara to visit the Fortif
 ied Church of Bietan (a UNESCO World Heritage site). Then, we learn al
 l about organics at the ecological farm Tzopa.  Sample their honey, j
 ams, vegetables & milk products before continuing to overnight at the 
 town of Sighisoara, another UNESCO site and birthplace of infamous Dra
 cula with dinner at the Dracula Restaurant in the medieval citadel.  
 Next day, we travel through picturesque Bicaz Gorges and stop in Lacu 
 Rosu to tour an organic fish farm and taste their fresh trout.  When 
 we arrive in Piatra Neamt, we’ll enjoy a barbeque dinner with tradit
 ional Romanian folklore before checking into the Central Plaza hotel.�
 �\nTCE 3 Brazi Farm is the most representative farm in Neamt County. W
 e tour the fields, abattoir and enjoy an open air lunch of meats, chee
 ses & schnapps produced at the farm.  At Agrotrade Company we will le
 arn about machinery, seeds, pesticides & field trials of ag business i
 n Romania. En route next day to Brasov, we visit the potato research c
 enter and visit the vertically integrated Targu Secuiesc followed by a
  city tour and overnight stay at Brasov. Next morning, we visit the ve
 rtically integrated Seriana Group farms  SERGIANA  brand meats are w
 ell known in Romania. We’ll also visit EcoFarm, one of the most mode
 rn livestock farms in this country where 40% of the land mass is arabl
 e.  That afternoon, we travel to Bran, tour Dracula Castle and visit 
 Bucegi Farm, to sample traditional cheese made in “fir tree bark”.
   The final day in Romania will be spent at AGRIPLANTA, a large, outd
 oor farm show with displays and demos.\n \n\nFor more information vis
 it https://ontag.farms.com/events/hungary-romania-ag-venture-tour
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Midway:20140523T000000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Midway:20140607T235900
CATEGORIES:agricultural, tour
LOCATION:Hungary & Romania
WEBSITE:http://www.rwthomastours.com
URL:http://www.rwthomastours.com
CONTACT:519 633 2390
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