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44. Sopron

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Right next to the Austrian border is Sopron, another nice town, with vine yards, a limestone quarry and a real palace in its neighbourhood. Unlike so many other towns we have seen in the last few weeks, Sopron, like Koszeg, has never been affected by the Ottoman occupation, which is visible in its architecture: the [...]
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43. Koszeg

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One of our last stops is Koszeg, a picturesque town right against the Austrian border. We are heading home again, driving west. On our way to Sopron, we finally reach Hungary’s prime tourist attraction, the Balaton Lake, a warm water lake where it is pleasant swimming. No doubt, but not in October anymore. We skip [...]
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42. Villany

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We visit Villany, Hungary’s prime wine areas, and do the things you do in such areas. Although we have not been very impressed by Hungarian wine so far, we cannot leave this country without having visited its most promising wine area – for us, at least, appreciating the dry wine varieties over the sweet wines [...]
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41. Pecs

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One more Hungarian town, Pecs, with architectural and artist attractions. We have arrived in what is described Hungary’s second-finest town, Pecs. A relatively recent development, because the earlier version suffered under Ottoman occupation and was badly damaged at its liberation. But the recovery, from the 17th century onwards, has turned Pecs into a town with [...]
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39. Szeged

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Szeged, once again, has some interesting, and less interesting, architecture, and it has the Hero’s Gate, controversial testimony to Admiral Horty. We are back in the Great Plains, the Puszta. Segzed is all the way south, close to the Serbian border, there where the Tisza River – which we have already encountered several times, like [...]
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38. Kecskemet

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Totally unexpected, and not what we came for, but we found a whole range of interesting architecture in Kecskemet. On our way to Szeged, in the south of Hungary, we pass Kecskemet. And because this town has a museum of naïve art, not unattractive from the photos we have seen, we decide to get off [...]
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37. Esztergom

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Hungary’s ecclesiastical capital, Esztergom, is totally dominated by its huge, and relatively new, basilica. Like Visegrad, Esztergom, too, has historical connotations for the Hungarians. It was here, allegedly, that King Istvan – Stephan – was crowned a Christian king, and formally brought Hungary under the realm of the Roman Catholic church, in 1000 AD. And [...]
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36. Visegrad

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The relevant parts of historical Visegrad have been restored, or, shall I say, over-restored. Where Szentendre was merely pretty, Visegrad is of real historic relevance. Not only was this the place were, in 1335, the Hungarian, Czech and Polish kings came together to discuss the growing Habsburg threat – and failed to agree on anything, [...]
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35. Szentendre

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Szentendre, not far from Budapest, is a lovely small town, fully given over to the tourists. One of the more poetic elements of Hungarian countryside is the so-called Bend in the Danube. The river, flowing west to east for a while, forming the border between Slovakia and Hungary, suddenly turns south, to head for Budapest. [...]
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33. Budapest (3)

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The last entry on Budapest explores the Buda-side of the city, with its churches and its castle, all heavily restored, and with its unique bath houses. We finally make it to Buda, the city part on the western side of the Danube. But before that, we need to finish the Pest-side of things; I am [...]
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