Tag Archives: Hungary
Trans-Europa Express.
Italy >>>> >>>> Slovenia >>>> >>>> >>>> Hungary Doing it all tomorrow again. Can’t wait. Honest.
The devil’s horsemen.
For the Parthians shot as they fled, being, indeed, more adept at this than anyone except the Scythians, and it is certainly a very clever manoeuvre – to fight and to look after one’s own safety at the same time. … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan
Tagged Ammianus, Asia, Carrhae, Central Asia, Cholpon Ata, Crassus, Genghis, Giovanni da pian del carmine, Hungary, Issyk Kul, Jailoo, Kazakhstan, Kyrchyn, Kyrgyzstan, Magyar, Marcellinus, Mongol, Nomad, Parthians, Photography, Plutarch, Res Gestae, Scythians, Travel, WNG, World Nomad Games, Ystoria
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Quiet is the night.
Silently, almost on tiptoe, a white cover descended on the city. You casually glance out the window and you realise that the landscape has changed. It’s minus something, and everything suggests staying indoors, where there’s warmth and good food. But can … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Hungary
Tagged Citadel, Citadella, Ho, Hungary, Magyarorszag, Snow, Veszprém
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A quick visit to the countryside
Much of my interest for what I’ve grown to call “no man’s lands” is devoted to small, sleepy villages. As a habit I shun away from those hamlets which happened to become tourist destinations, sprouting an ugly collection of mansions … Continue reading
Kontroll.
I’m not what you’d call a film expert, for most of what I view is mindless stuff, possibly ridden with explosions and usually on planes; documentaries and short fiction are more to my liking. However, every now and then I … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Hungary
Tagged BKV, Budapest, Bulcsú, Hungary, Kontroll, Magyarorszag, Metro, Metro 2, Metro 3, Nimród Antal, Photography, Public transport, Underground
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Widening my cultural horizons – classical concert night
Have you ever read those jokes where books, historical events or theatre plays are synthetized in one or two sentences? You know, those where Homer’s Odyssey is condensed in something along the lines of “A man leaves home for twenty … Continue reading
A snowfall in provincial Hungary.
Veszprém, raise your hand if you heard about the place. It’s medium-sized city, pretty and dear to my heart but, other than that, pretty much obscure for, I bet, 95% of the world’s population. This is what, in my opinion, makes … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Hungary, Overlooked locations
Tagged Hungary, Magyarorszag, Normality, Off the beaten path, Photography, Snow, Street photography, Transient places, Veszprém, Winter
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No man’s land(s)
I’ve always been fascinated by what I started to call transient locations. Places you don’t go to but, rather, you go through: airports, stations, bus garages and all those landscapes rolling by your window whilst you’re en route to your destinations. What’s … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Hungary, Public Transportation
Tagged Dunántúl, Hungary, Magyarorszag, No man's land, Photography
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Budapest street photography part 3. Glimpses of Erzsébetváros
The shouts were coming from downstairs: three voices, heated up by irritation and slurred by alcohol despite it being 10 AM. My piss-poor Hungarian wouldn’t allow me to grasp anything, but it didn’t matter for this was Blaha Lujza tér’s underpass and, … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Hungary, Overlooked locations
Tagged Budapest, Erzsébetváros, Hungary, Jews, László Schmidek, Magyarorszag, Rózsa utca, Szimpla, Yad Vashem
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Budapest street photography, part 2. Snow in the city.
A thin barrage of small flakes, more akin to ice droplets than to big, wet snowflakes kept falling down from the sky for our entire permanence in the city. Had this happened in London, Boris Johnson would’ve been out reading … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Hungary
Tagged Buda, Budapest, Danube, Gellert, Hungary, Magyarorszag, Pest, Photography, Snow, Winter
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