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Europe » Hungary » Western Transdanubia » Heviz September 30th 2017

So today it was goodbye to our beloved Italy. She had not been kind to us this trip. The weather has been poor for the time of year and so many things have gone wrong. I have got through so many books. Babylon Idol the cross between Indiana Jones meets the Da Vinci Code. The Handmaids Tale – a story about the future. An Orwellian world were women have only one function and that to have babies. If they fail they are sent to the wall to be hung or left to wander a radiactive world outside the wall. Canterbury Tales with a mixture of Blade Runner and 1984 thrown in for good measure. The Essex Serpent set in 1893 in a world where religion battles with the work of Charles Darwin. Glenn has lost a ... read more
Come in for a dip Comrade
swimming in the radioactive water
Please devalue the currency

Europe » Hungary » Western Transdanubia » Heviz June 23rd 2015

After an excellent train ride from Bratislava enjoying the scenery and finally winning two Quiddler card games off Jeanette, we arrived in the famed city of Budapest which we would only use as a transit point to pick up our rental car and head south to Heviz. We would return in about a week to stay for a while. So, more on Budapest later. Before I say anything about Heviz I need to single out someone whom we met and who deserves a whole paragraph of this blog entry. This person I speak about is the tram driver that drove us from the main train station to downtown. All the Hungarian people that I have met in Calgary, although on a casual basis only, have been warm. This driver was simply doing his job yet he ... read more
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Stopped for a break from Budapest to Heviz.
Entering Heviz.

Europe » Hungary » Western Transdanubia » Heviz July 31st 2013

Julius vegen kikapcsolodas, nyaralas es megujhodas vegett Kekturazni mentunk. Sarvartol vettuk fel a tempot, egy satorral, 2 polifoammal, kajaval, terkeppel, minimalis ruhazattal, kektura pecsetgyujto fuzettel felfegyverkezve. A tervunk az volt, hogy nem nyirjuk ki magunkat, ahnem annyit megyunk nap mint nap, amennyi jol esik, ott allunk meg es akkor amikor tetszik – vegul is Magyarorszag legszebb panoramait, erdeit, tavait, falvait, tajegysegeit koti ossze ez a neves turautvonal, minek sietni? Egesz nyaron emberekkel foglalkoztunk, kemeny volt az egy honapos kisnyalakai tabor is iden, sok-sok ide oda utazassal, szervezessel, ideje volt egy kicsit visszavenni a tempobol, es az elemekre bizni magunkat. Sarvartol ugyanis gyonyoru erdosegben halad az ut, Kald, Hosszupereszteg falvai fele. A falvakban mindig feltankoltunk vizbol, kenyerbol, es mentunk tovabb az erdoben, napi 5-15 km kozotti ... read more
Sarvari Erdo
Via Maria (itt egy szakaszon kozos a kekkel)
Szalmakazal




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