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Welcome Back to the county town of Csongrád county, Szeged

We have just arrived back in Szeged this morning after a nice evening in Bekes sleeping in the bus station. We went there just to meet Barbi and her husband Joseph. She is very nice and she gave me a nice and beautiful traditional apron. I was enjoying staying a few moment with them because they have small pond and Joseph had thought me how to catch frog just placing your arms in the water. After all, we have to leave and staying overnight in Bekes. Next morning comes, we were ready after a few power naps in the park. hahaha... That's we were allowed to do placing the sleeping bags on the ground and have 3 hours hitting the sack.  One hour before 10am, we finally back in the bus station to wait at the platform 3 for Szeged. It was smooth ride and still fresh in my mind what happen last night, I saw hedgehogs.  Now, I am glad to find our home here in Szeged with ate Julie. She has been waiting for us since last night. She is very warmth and she cared for us so much. We

Discovering the Zulnay Culture in Pecs

How are you guys? I hope this next blog finds you well. You will be pleased to hear about Zsolnay culture today. This is the oldest culture we found in Pecs, Hungary.   The buildings in the city are so beautiful tiled with this colorful ceramics. Not just on the floor, but on the roof and walls. Amazing right? You might it is very impossible, but they actually do extraordinary from an ordinary ceramics.  To prove that, we visit the Zsolnay family and factory exhibition. This is a permanent exhibition introducing the zsolnay family and their factory founded 1853, in the oldest building of the site - where the legend began. Not only this, but you can find other exhibitions like Zsolnay Exhibition - Barnabas Winkler Collection of pink glaze as a result of pink experiments carried out by Vilmos Zsonay; Zsolnay's golden Age - Laszlo Gyugyi's collection who lives in America, represents a magnificent introduction to the ceramics from the period of Historicism and Art Nouveau

Pecs Hungary Summer Adventure: The Multicultural City in Mecsek

Here comes summer in Pecs, Hungary. The Panoramic View in Pecs Mescek Surely, summer is the best season of all because here they have the long cold winter season. This makes  people go mad about summer. At this time, life comes out into open - squares and streets fill with  locals in the evenings and foreign and local tourists are enjoying all over the places. Summer in Pecs, Hungary lures everybody out of  their homes. Streets and squares fill with couples, people walk their dogs, children do battle with icecream, girls jog and of course terraces and open-air bars buzz with crowds.  For us, the Mecsek Adventure and exploration is our summer adventure.  I can still feel and smell the essence of the green nature and trees surrounding the place. We hopped off at the first lake and we thought that we were there, but we were a  bit far from the Orfu.  We walked along and until we reach the Orfu Swimming pool and lake. It's very romantic that I was in this pl