Monthly Archives: January 2007

Chain bridge

The Chain Bridge in Budapest taken from the palace of Buda. It was also known as Széchenyi Chain Bridge as Count Széchenyi István initiated its construction in 1839 inviting the British engineers William Tierny Clark (designer) and Adam Clark (supervisor … Continue reading

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Heavy snow on the road

  Slippery too…

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At least for a few hours

Finally the snow arrived and Zannnie could enjoy it. It didn’t last for long. After a heavy snowing period, the sun shines once again making all the white disappearing. This photo was taken by me on sunday morning. A typical Hungarian … Continue reading

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LOOK!! It finally snowed…!!!

YES!! finally it snowed in Budapest….

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Poles

What do you think these poles are for? The first who finds out the right answer will get a nice postcard from Budapest:) I took this photo in November. Today was the same sunny but more cold..the winter is still … Continue reading

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Van Gogh – Leather Clogs

A pair of leather clogs – this is the promotional ‘tool’ that Van Gogh’s exhibition was promoted with. http://www.szepmuveszeti.hu/web/guest/aktualitasok in this exhibition, I get to see and ‘feel’ Van Gogh’s life story through his paintings. His style in paintings with … Continue reading

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Pigeon

Pigeons has been part of city lifes for centuries. Bohumil Hrabal mentioned them often in his books. He was a friend of them. During the weekend when we were in Rome i had luck avoiding pigeon’s “presents” once..but second time … Continue reading

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Breaking the Rules

Well, today I’m going to break the rules…;) I’m sorry but you know something, I can’t resist the temptation to post a photo of Rome. Last week, Zsolt ‘reported’ about the stormy weather we encountered before our flight to Italy. … Continue reading

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Van Gogh exhibition

For the Christmas we got two tickets from my sister to the Museum of Final Arts in Budapest to the Van Gogh exhibiton. My favortie style is impressionism when it comes to painting and when I was younger Van Gogh … Continue reading

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Before the movies

At the Western City Centre which is near the Nyugati Railway Station, I saw this sight:) It is very cool at this moment when I capture this photo. Do you like the colours?

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Maria’s country

Catholic people usually say here that Hungary is Maria’s country. I am not totally sure what does it mean but Maria obviously has a big respect here. This basilica in Esztergom is the largest in Hungary dedicated to Maria.

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