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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Rhythm and bike go hand in hand – part 17 – 29th February, the big leap
This day is amazing: had been just lurking behind the calendar for 4 years and abruptly jumped into your life bringing sweet messages of upcoming spring. Today is this song with Yves Montand. When you listen to it, you feel … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Music
Tagged biking, breeze, coffee, croissant, la bicylette, sunshine, Yves Montand
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Vasárnap, egy majdnem nap
Hogy legyen egy majdnem vasárnapod? Könnyedén. Az úgy van, hogy már szombaton el kell kezdeni tervezni egy ütős vasárnapi kirándulást: Balaton, Tihany, napsütés, majdnem tavasz, egy kicsi túrázás, egy kicsi bicajozás, egy kicsi süti kicsi kávéval. Hívj persze barátokat, egynek … Continue reading
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Sunday, the almost day
How can you have an Almost Sunday? Easily. Start to plan it on Saturday. Have a great plan for a Sunday trip: Balaton, Tihany, sunshine, almost spring, a bit of hiking, a bit of biking, a bit of cake and … Continue reading
Posted in Hot in Budapest
Tagged bake, Balaton, biking, cake, cardamom, childhood memory, flat tyre, hiking, kaak, pain au chocola, recipe, Tihany
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Salzburg – Mozart Kugels like rolling bike wheels
The top-of-the-pops cycle routes as recommended by the Salzburg Official Cycling site are as follows: Tauern Cycle Path The full tour of the Tauern Cycle Path is 270 km in length (Krimml – Bruck – Salzburg – Zell am See/Bruck). … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Outside Hungary, Sport
Tagged Austria, bike paths, bike wheels, cycle routes, downhill, Mozart, Salzach river, Salzburg, Salzkammergut
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Salzburg – The Winter Sleeping Beauty
Dropping by in Salzburg, the City of Mozart, on the way home from a skiing holiday from the Rauris Tal region, was a good appetizer to put a finger on the bike-friendly veins of the city in just about 3 … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Outside Hungary, Sport
Tagged Austria, bike paths, cycling community, Mozart, Rauris, Salzach river, Salzburg, skiing holiday
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Rhythm and bike go hand in hand – part 16 – Rock me Amadeus
Spring is here! Get on the road soar like Falco does and let that Rock Me Amadeus! soak your spirits from head to toe. Why Falco and why Mozart? It’s going to make sense soon.
Biking and hiking around – Eger 3.
Bike – You are in the heart of the wine region surrounded by many small villages. A few to mention: Noszvaj with its cellar houses and cave dwellings Szomolya, where everything is about cherry and wine Egerszalók, the thermal bath … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Hot in Hungary, Outside Budapest, Sport
Tagged Bükk, biking, Egerszalók, hiking, Noszvaj, Szalajka valley, Szilvásvárad, Szomolya, trout
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Wine all the time – Eger 2.
Eger is worth at least a one night stay. And what will you get in return? Start your day from the top. Climb the castle, walk along its walls, count the towers of the city and vineyards on the slopes … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Hot in Hungary, Outside Budapest
Tagged Basilica, Bikavér, Bull's Blood, castle, Eger, Leányka, Liceum, red wine, thermal bath, Turkish bath, white wine, wine region
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“What have the Romans given us in return?” – Eger 1.
“What have the Romans given us in return?” being in Eger this Monty Python quote might occur with a slight change “what have the Turks given us in return?” … the longest novel (“Egri csillagok”/ “Eclipse of the Crescent Moon”by … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Hot in Hungary, Outside Budapest
Tagged bath house, Bull's Blood, crescent moon, Eger, Egri Bikavér, Géza Gárdonyi, medieval, minaret, Monty Python, thermal water, Turkish, wine
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A hug from a beast and winter fades away
According to the legend the Busó Carnival all started off during the Turkish times most likely when the beautiful city of Mohács along the River Danube was still occupied by the Ottoman Turks. Many people from the village had to … Continue reading
Posted in Festival, Hot in Hungary, Outside Budapest
Tagged busó, carnival, doughnut, festival, Hungarian tradition, Mohács, UNESCO, winter
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