Tag Archives: Hungary

DAILY PHOTO: Esterháza

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Taken in 1996 in Fertőd, Hungary

Taken in 1996 in Fertőd, Hungary.

This was home to Prince Nikolaus Esterházy.

It’s located in a town called Fertőd that’s west of Budapest and southeast of Vienna. Taking a small detour, it’s on the way between Budapest and Vienna. One can team it with a trip to Sopron.

It has apparently been radically refurbished since this 17-year-old pic. They ditched the orange-yellow and toned down the monstrous bushes.

It gives one a nice little taste of lifestyles of the rich and famous–19th century style.

DAILY PHOTO: Colors of Szentendre

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Taken in July of 2011.

Taken in July of 2011.

This is a movie theater in the town of Szentendre, which is located north of Budapest on the Danube.

DAILY PHOTO: Paprikahaus

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Taken near Lake Balaton, Hungary

Taken near Lake Balaton, Hungary

DAILY PHOTO: Bronze Nude on Margit Island

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Taken in 2011; Budapest, Hungary

Taken in 2011; Budapest, Hungary

DAILY PHOTO: What Part of the Hiker is This?

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Taken in the Summer of 2011 in Veresegyház, Hungary

Taken in the Summer of 2011 in Veresegyház, Hungary

DAILY PHOTO: Budapest Alagút

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Taken Summer of 2011

Taken Summer of 2011

DAILY PHOTO: Kálmán Széll Square in Budapest

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This was called Moscow Square at the time this was taken (late 1990's, I believe), but is now called Kálmán Széll Square.

This was called Moscow Square at the time this was taken (late 1990’s, I believe), but is now called Kálmán Széll Square.

DAILY PHOTO: Szent János Plébániatemplom in Szentendre

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Taken in summer 2011.

Taken in summer 2011.

DAILY PHOTO: Trabant 601-E with Optional Roof Keg

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Taken in the Summer of 2011

Taken in the Summer of 2011.

It’s a monumental challenge for a police officer to spot an open container unless the offender happens to be driving the wrong way down the sidewalk backwards while asleep, or one’s car is wrapped around a telephone pole upside-down. However, if you get the Keg-o-matic 2000 dispensing system installed on your car, are you really guilty of having an open container? The hose that attaches the device to one’s lips is the only part actually inside the car.

NOTE: This blog neither condones nor celebrates driving while intoxicated. I just thought this car, which I saw in rural Hungary near the border with Slovakia, was amusing.

DAILY PHOTO: University of Debrecen

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Taken in the summer of 2002

Taken in the summer of 2002

At which I attempted to learn the Hungarian language but was stymied by an excess of letters  per word and an occasional disconcerting lack of vowels.  (This is the main hall and wasn’t the building  in which I was taught. Our classes (the language summer school) were taught downtown in a teacher’s college building.)