Jun 2016 A Club Trip to Szeged Club, Hungary - 25th Charter Night.

Our Club harnessed local enthusiasm for a club in the beautiful City of Szeged (near the southern border of Hungary) and helped it re-set up 25 years ago.  Since then several club visits have been arranged in both directions.  Their club has gone from strength to strength and is always extremely hospitable whenever we arrive.  The City of Szeged is twinned with the City of Cambridge too.

Their special Charter Dinner is on Tuesday 14th June 2016 and a Handover BBQ Garden Party Saturday 18th June and they have offered to host a delegation from our Club over the week and/or the weekend.

Organiser - John Helmsing.

Szeged City website

Itinerary 13th to 15th June

MONDAY

Arrive Szeged Airport

Transport arranged to drive us to the Szeged Spa Hotel (2 hour drive through the lovely countryside)

Pick up to take us to our hosts Jzabolcs & Csilla's lovely home and orchard for an al fresco meal.

TUESDAY

Escorts arrive after breakfast and we visit 3 local businesses

     - one of Sandors Vegetable Processing Plants (supplying local restaurants and Tescos with fresh, clean produce all year round).

     - One of the potatoe farms that supply Sandors business & refreshments

    - Miklos' Tractor and equipment Sales and Servicing Centre.

LUNCH - a special Fish Restaurant on the edge of the Fishing Lake

4.45pm Charter Celebrations begin with a wine reception and an opportunity to meet Ravi and his wife.

Speeches and Inductions of new members.  Presentations of presents from visiting clubs across the world.  An extensive buffet meal.  Fireworks on the terrace. Headsets and live translation available.

WEDNESDAY

An escorted tour of Szeged centre including the gorgeously decorated Cathedral and Synagogue - tour guides and translators booked by our kind hosts.  Father George met us too!

LUNCH - a Szeged restaurant specialising in tasty traditional hungarian food and drink.

Back to the hotel to pick up our luggage and then Laslo to drive us back through the green rural countryside to the airport/ hotel in Budapest as needed.

Thank you so much Szeged - we had such a busy and fascinating time and enjoyed every minute !