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45. looking back at Slovakia and Hungary

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The trip to Slovakia and Hungary is one steeped in history, full of art and architecture. And travelling here is exceedingly comfortable. As the Corona pandemic is still with us, we opted once more for being in control of our travel arrangements; not being dependent on airplanes, with the risk of being stranded somewhere if [...]
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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

Blog entries, Locations
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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40. Mohacs

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The memorial in Mohacs, to the defining battle in 1526, is a rather underwhelming affair. We not really here for the town of Mohacs, a small and not very exciting affair on the Danube River, close to where the river flows into Croatia. We are here to visit the Mohacs battle field, or rather, the [...]
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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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