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The Pálinka Festival of Budapest stirred up downtown Budapest once again for the ninth time with a total of 29 exhibitors. In addition to the well-known distillers, this year visitors had the opportunity to meet several new exhibitors.

This year´s special treat was the “Pear Pálinka of the Year”, which is a blend of Hungary´s best pear pálinkas, followed by plum, apricot and sour cherry and many, many more. All accompanied by some wonderful traditional food and music.

With so much to taste I decided to try a few. I tasted the cherry mezes (with honey), which was delicious and slipped down easy (very easy). And if I had tried as many that were on show, I would have slipped down easy too!!

Words and photos by Russell Skidmore for XpatLoop.com
After an extensive career in advertising - as an Art Director & Creative Director in London, Paris and Budapest for leading agencies - Russell transferred the skills and knowledge gained to the development of his own successful company covering wedding, event, PR and portrait photography: www.russell-skidmore-photography.co.uk