Björn Roose's PhotoBlog
March 05, 2021
Gyöngyöspata (Magyarország/Hungary) - Summer 2020
One more "pearly" village. After Gyöngyös itself (see here) and Gyöngyöspata (see here), here's Gyöngyöspata. At least the church of it. Apparently it has a…
March 05, 2021
Gyöngyössolymos (Magyarország/Hungary) - Summer 2020
I did mention in the previous post that we were interested to visit the region around the not so beautiful city of Gyöngyös. I did however not mention that…
March 04, 2021
Gyöngyös (Magyarország/Hungary) - Summer 2020
Although Gyöngyös actually means "pearly" the city carrying that name is not exactly pearly. But we were interested in visiting the region around it and did see…
March 03, 2021
Lake Deseda (Magyarország/Hungary) - Summer 2020 - part 1
Lake Deseda is on the map. We happened to pass near the spot where it is on that map. I read it was quite a nice lake. So why not visit it ? By the way, I…
March 03, 2021
Kaposszentjakab (Magyarország/Hungary) - Summer 2020
We drove to Kaposszentjakab to visit the ruins of an old abbey, had a very hard time finding them and finally ... couldn't acces the grounds on which those…
March 02, 2021
Orfű (Magyarország/Hungary) - Summer 2020 - part 3
A few more shots from Orfű. Two taken at the television tower (top of the local world) and one from a watertower hiding in the woods near the watermills (see…
March 01, 2021
Orfű (Magyarország/Hungary) - Summer 2020 - part 1
As was the case for Kakasd (see here and here) you'll find close to nothing about Orfű on Wikipedia: it is "a village in Baranya county, Hungary. The settlement…
March 01, 2021
Kakasd (Magyarország/Hungary) - Summer 2020 - part 2
I introduced you shortly to this tower and the people to which it is referring in the previous post. Here's a few more photos of it.
Feb. 27, 2021
Kakasd (Magyarország/Hungary) - Summer 2020 - part 1
You won't find anything on Wikipedia about Kakasd except for the fact that it is in Tolna county. But you'll find this very interesting tower in Kakasd and that…
Feb. 27, 2021
Paks (Magyarország/Hungary) - Summer 2020 - part 3
After our visit to the church (see here and here) we went on to the ... Roman military fortress. Or at least what remains of it or what was reconstructed.
Feb. 26, 2021
Paks (Magyarország/Hungary) - Summer 2020 - part 2
I introduced you to this church by Imre Makovecz in the previous post. Here's some more photos of the building.
Feb. 26, 2021
Paks (Magyarország/Hungary) - Summer 2020 - part 1
Paks is a small town in central Hungary, 100 kilometres south of Budapest, and home of the only Hungarian ... nuclear power plant. That certainly was not the…
Feb. 25, 2021
Hortobágyi nemzeti park (Magyarország/Hungary) - Summer 2020…
And a few more photos for/of the (ancient Salt)road. We're driving out of the Hortobágyi nemzeti park and heading for ... the next post.
Feb. 25, 2021
Hortobágyi nemzeti park (Magyarország/Hungary) - Summer 2020…
On the road again ... A railroad this time. A railroad in the Hortobágyi nemzeti park, which is close to the middle of nowhere, but I had the sheer luck to see…
Feb. 24, 2021
Hortobágyi nemzeti park (Magyarország/Hungary) - Summer 2020…
Part 3 of the Máta stud mini series within the Hortobágyi maxi series :-) Here's part 1 and part 2 and here's a few horses carrying around people ...
Feb. 23, 2021
Hortobágyi nemzeti park (Magyarország/Hungary) - Summer 2020…
Big difference between the stud in Mezőhegyes and the one in Máta (see also previous post) is that on the latter I saw a number of people riding horses. And a…
Feb. 23, 2021
Hortobágyi nemzeti park (Magyarország/Hungary) - Summer 2020…
We were on a stud before, in Mezőhegyes (see here, here, here and here). But there's more than one stud in Hungary and the one we're visiting in this post (and…
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