HU - Lánchíd b&w

And the last one for tonight...

HU- Have you ever tried to catch butterflies?

I did! but it's not so easy....

HU- Crépuscule

 - Kispest -

- Alsöors - 

HU - Tokaj

Our last stop... Tokay.

"The cultural landscape of Tokaj graphically demonstrates the long tradition of wine production in this region of low hills and river valleys. The intricate pattern of vineyards, farms, villages and small towns, with their historic networks of deep wine cellars, illustrates every facet of the production of the famous Tokaj wines, the quality and management of which have been strictly regulated for nearly three centuries." http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1063

 Maybe it looks a bit like my birth region :) Vineyards, Storks, River and soft hills.

 The sleepy village. Empty of any locals or tourists. Signs were indicating wine tasting here and there and only wild cherry trees were waiting for us.

 The way uphill in the midst of the graves - lovely. It had just rained and the wild herbs were bending over rain drops. I loved this place, so peaceful.

View from the "top". At some point we stopped because the path disappeared in the trees and it was too muddy for us to walk further...

Special Shopping in Budapest

(M) Nagyvagyter (well, the spelling is incorrect but I don't remember the right one)

One fantastic place in Budapest is this second hand UK shop. I never went into my mums or big sisters wardrobe but I think it's even better! You can find everything for almost nothing especially light tops as you pay per kilo of clothes you buy: 2490 HUF/kg = 9,34 eur/kg. And to give you an example I got 3 pairs of trousers + 5 tops for 1,3 kg... The only quality you need is patience as all sizes are mixed up. The clothes are coming from the UK, Scotland... and are sorted and washed before being sold. You can find the latest fashion trends as well as more neutral clothes, same for the brands. I don't really know the value and prices of the English brands but I'm sure it costs a fair amount of money when bought new. And funny thing, you realize when you come home that you bought the same brand several time... stile and fit matters!

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Good Bye and back in Budapest

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Sunset on the Tisza

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Arrivals

- Arrival 1st day after 30 kms -

- Final destination, Szolnok, back to civilization -

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Food Distribution

- Ingrid distributing food rations -

- my ration -

- the beneficiaries -

if you didn't understand the parallel, go to www.wfp.org :)

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HU - On the way to the Tisza

- Train from Budapest to Szolnok, bus from Szolnok to Tiszaroff -

- Tiszaroff-

- Hungarian countryside house -

- Storck nest -

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HU - Tisza location

Agrandir le plan

This year I only participated to the two last days of the canoe trip, i.e 45 kms from Tiszaroff to Szolnok.

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HU- Canoe Trip on the Tisza 09

Some related posts of last year (the whole story was published in August 2008)

• Tisza Canoe trip
• Kms 485 - 453
• first bath
• Tisza Tò swamp
• Lake maze
  

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Pécs curiosities

Hundreds of padlocks to seal your love!

A new sport

video: the last ride + the cathedral

Pécs church-mosque

Pécs was once upon a time under Ottoman rule. The city was turned into a real Ottoman city with turkish bath, mosques... Some of these artifacts survived and here is one of them being nowadays a christian church.

Pécs monuments

Porcelaine Zsolany with its unique greenish colour is embedded in many buildings - the famous Zsolany factory is located in Pécs.

Széchenyi Square

County Hall

Abaliget cave

Beautiful view, only a little bit foggy. It was endlessly raining... There we almost had an incident with a big nice dutch car parked on the way. The path was so slippy with mud that Daniel could not reverse. But he is a great driver (& fire engine driver) so we finally didn't even touch the big nice dutch car...

the cave entrance

The big question was to decide who are going to be the parents of the little Reka in order to get the family discount? The older being Gigi and Daniel but they are siblings...

live hungarian folk music

János is usually playing the guitar in the streets of Pécs. Here the first evening in the kitchen.

Pécs Bicycle trip

Pécs is the 5th hungarian town. Located in the south of the country it is a student city. We decided to go there and visit Lea (Gigi 's cousin), her husband and children. We had to replace the Balaton tour bicycle trip because of rain.
7 + 7 bikes in 1 car

eating corn in the rather small kitchen

watching "Ratatouille" because of rain

Integral Rainbow

We could observe a beautiful integral double rainbow.


And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. (Gen 9, 12-13)

The promise being "The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: "Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though [a] every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done." (Gen 8,21-22)

Tisza Day 6: sun & beach