Saturday, 16 May 2015 | Views [405]
SANDOR HAS THE BIRDS OF HORTABAGYI National Park wired. More importantly, he has the 4WD Toyota pick-up to squish through the wet fields to where they live. Hortabagyi sits on the western edge of the “steppe,” the same one that ... Read more >
Thursday, 7 May 2015 | Views [322]
SOMETHING SEEMED FAMILIAR ABOUT SOPRON, located in the tiny nipple of northwestern Hungary that juts into Austria near the wetlands of Ferto-Neusiedler National Park. A quick look back at our journal from the winter of 2013-14 reminded me that ... Read more >
Tuesday, 5 May 2015 | Views [481]
CHIMING CHURCH BELLS AWAKENED US YESTERDAY MORNING, a pleasant change from the electrified, amplified wailing muezzins that we had grown accustomed to. And after a visit to the palace cum art museum we joined the crowd of locals and tourists for ... Read more >
Sunday, 3 May 2015 | Views [306]
WE DIDN’T REALLY WANT TO GO TO CAIRO, but Egypt Air had by far the best prices from Amman to Budapest, even factoring in the visa fee and an overnight room. But the airport Novotel wasn’t much of a hardship; decent room, good TV and ... Read more >
Saturday, 2 May 2015 | Photo Gallery
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