Getting off the train in Fertöd.
A very small train station, about 1.5 Kilometers from the Palace. We walked at least 1 kilometer the WRONG direction initially. Whoops. We were joking: "There go my student evaluations!"
We finally made it to the Palace. WOW. This is the BACK DOOR if you can believe it.
Couldn't help it. Go Ducks!
Our entire group -- without Noelle :( who is sick and back at the dorm.
Really great sculptures that I loved in the courtyard... killing sea monsters...
We had a tour of the inside. This is the room where Prince Nikolaus played his Baryton -- and the 125 works Haydn wrote for this instrument.
This is the ceiling in the entryway. There were three paintings with FPN, Fürst (Prince) Nikolaus Esterhazy. This painting in the N! Way to impress your guests, Nick.
This is the front door, which you would arrive at after having traveled through the formal gardens.
Picture of the gardens from the 2nd floor window.
If that path looks like it is endless... it practically is. We walked down it. We walked at least 2 Kilometers. This was all landscaped when the prince lived here.
This is a modern sculpture of Haydn in the gardens. Very cute. He's coming to work.
The miles of paths were all lined with trees.
Front of palace from the garden.
We walked for several miles in the rain. Hardcore travelers! We didn't want to miss anything.
This is the musician's quarters, where Haydn lived on the top floor.
Here is the inner courtyard for the musicians.
A cool building we passed on the way back to the train station.
Here we are grabbing dinner at a Hungarian Grocery store before it closed, hiding from the rain. We had salami and chess and bread. Very memorable!