Szbogi's articles

1.  The Neusiedler See lake (Ferto lake)  added on Dec 1, 2008  

This Neusiedler See lake is both on the territory of Hungary (here is called Fertő tó) and Austria. We visited it on the austrian part.

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2. A trip to the Zoo in Budapest  added on Nov 7, 2008  

After the wedding we stayed some days in Budapest. Zoli's brother is living and working here, so we had a cheap place to stay:) At this time Anita, a girl from the United States was staying at...

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3. First Day: the wedding  added on Sep 2, 2008  

We arrived around 11 a.m. to Miskolc, where my boyfriend's (Zoli) relatives live. Miskolc is a city situated in north Hungary. After eating and gossiping a bit we went together with the...

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4. Our last stop: Sovata and the Bear Lake  added on Aug 29, 2007  

The previous day we arrived to Sovata. This little city is famous because it has some very salted lakes. Two of them are opened for the people who want to swim in it, but of course you have to pay...

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5. At the Salt Mine in Praid  added on Aug 21, 2007  

At about 4:30 PM we arrived to Praid, a village (or little city, I'm not sure) which is very famous because of its Salt Mine which is a touristic attraction but it's used for medical...

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6. At the Red Lake (Lacul Rosu)  added on Aug 20, 2007  

It was about 1 or 2 o'clock in the afternoon when we arrived to the Red Lake (this translation comes from the Romanian Lacul Rosu, but in Hungarian it is called Gyilkos to which means Killer...

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7. At the Bicaz Canyon (Cheile Bicazului)  added on Aug 13, 2007  

We arrived quite soon to the Bicaz Canyon (in Hungarian is Bekas szoros). I think this place is unique in Romania. The road cuts through the mountains and it's just wide enough for two lanes....

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8. The Bicaz barrage  added on Aug 10, 2007  

After leaving the St. Anna lake we continued our journey. Our plan was to find a place to sleep in the village where the Red Lake (Killer Lake) is but we weren't lucky and by the time we...

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9. Tusnad and the St. Anna Lake  added on Aug 9, 2007  

The previous day when we departed from Brasov, we wanted to find a motel somewhere not so far, but there were no motels in the villages near the city. Finally we decided to drive to Tusnad (the...

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10. Brasov (Brasso)  added on Aug 3, 2007  

After seeing the castles we went back to visit Brasov one of the biggest cities in Romania. After finding a place to park our car (without paying a fee:)) we went to see the city center and the...

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11. Visiting the Peles Castle  added on Aug 1, 2007  

This castle was very different from the previous ones mainly because it was built between 1873 and 1883, so it's "new" compared to the others visited before:) The castle was the...

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12. At the Bran Castle  added on Aug 1, 2007  

The plan for that day was: Bran Castle, Peles Castle and Brasov. So our first stop at about 11 o'clock was at Bran village. After entering the village we were very happy because we glimpsed the...

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13. On our way home: At the Vidraru Lake  added on Jul 31, 2007  

We had chosen a longer way to get home (back to the motel) but I'm glad we did so. We had the opportunity to visit the Vidraru Lake, one of the biggest artificial lakes in Romania. The lake and...

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14. In the Fagaras Mountains  added on Jul 28, 2007  

The day before we had driven to Fagaras city and there we found a pretty fine motel at last... There are many motels and hotels in the area but they are expensive or cheap but with bad equipment....

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15. Sibiu (Szeben) - European Capital of Culture  added on Jul 28, 2007  

We arrived to Sibiu (in german it's Hermannstadt) in the afternoon. Sibiu has been chosen to be the European Capital of Culture in the year of 2007 together with Luxembourg. The city is...

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16. The Castle of Hunedoara  added on Jul 28, 2007  

In our way to Sibiu we remembered that Hunedoara is well-known because it has a castle built in the 13th century so we decided to stop in this city and search for the castle. You have to know that...

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17. At the famous castle of Deva  added on Jul 27, 2007  

The first place we stopped at was Deva. In Romania everyone knows the story of Deva's castle. The legend says that a woman was walled up into the walls of the building to make it remain...

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18. At home, before the departure  added on Jul 27, 2007  

Some pictures about me made by Zoli, just for fun:) We are waiting to start our journey...

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