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    Home appears to be a storm water drain.Swans - white are adult; brown are the young.Precision steering to dockThe Tamburica band

    Docking in Vukovar

    October 24, 2022 in Croatia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

    Now in Croatia and docking in Vukovar, a city that was bombed heavily in the 1990’s Balkan wars. More than 81% of the town was destroyed. With international help, most has been rebuilt but there is still evidence of bombed buildings and shrapnel damage. Swans glide peacefully on the Danube as we dock.
    A Tamburica folk band comes on board and plays for us. There are 5 basic types of tamburica - stringed instruments, all with different pitches.    Read more

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    Narrow road to Laslova
    Blagdana's houseWhite stork's nest out the front of Blagdana's house1Blagdana, and interpreter Karla, in the dining roomLiving area adjoinging the dining roomThe house after the bombingThe bombed houseThe street Blagdana lives in, still many ruins

    Laslova - Home Visit with Blagdana

    October 24, 2022 in Croatia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    Travelled out into the Croatian countryside to Laslova, a rural community. Still lots of bomb damage. We do a home visit with Blagdana who tells us of her life now and during the war over Croatian afternoon tea. Consisting of 2 cakes, one of which was so like a lamington, and served with cherry juice, plum brandy and slivovitz…oh, and coffee.Read more

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    The front of the church
    Looking up at the steepleThe back of the church.Guide tells us about the church300 years old in 2014The soprano singing in the church

    Baroque Church Osijek

    October 24, 2022 in Croatia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    Beautiful baroque church in Osijek - Roman Catholic. The church is quite small in size with perfect acoustics and ornate styling. It is more than 300 years old, and was restored after bombing. A local singer performs for us in the church.Read more

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    The roman road
    The mediaeval road [18th century]The water gate.The watch tower and fortress walls + croatian flagThe citadelFortress had 3 underground tunnels for access.The town square, 1726, baroque styleShrapnel damageShrapnel damaged buldingsStill awaiting restoration

    Osijek, Old Town and Fortress

    October 24, 2022 in Croatia ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    Located in the Tvrda district on the east side of the city is Osijek’s Old Town and fortress. The fortress was built in a star shape to ensure the walls were harder to breach. They never were! The architecture ranges from the Roman remains of the road to the 18th century town square buildings. The mediaeval road is in worse wear than the 2,000 year old Roman Road. Heavily bombed and still being restored.Read more

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    The entrance
    A csiko escorts us in.Welcomed by a musicisn playing a traditional hungarian instrument, a little like an clarinet/oboe.Csikos in traditional dress greet us.Long horn cattleEven the donkey is there.

    Bakod Puszta

    October 25, 2022 in Hungary ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    Hungarians are an equestrian folk at heart. Here on the Great Plains of Hungary, the Puszta, the traditions of independent Hungarian cowboys, or csikos, control herds of cows and horses. At Bakod, we are introduced to traditional life on the Hungarian Plain.Read more

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    The donkey has had the same training as the horses.The whip never hits the horse; they are trained to the sound of the whip, fearless in battle.Horses are trained to sit on their haunches.The saddle is supple and light.

    Horsemen of the Puszta

    October 25, 2022 in Hungary ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    Living outside year round, these men become very tough and adept equestrians. Horses are trained to lie flat on the plains; and saddles are designed for quick getaways. These 19th century horsemen are dressed in billowy black and blue clothing.Read more

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    3 horses pulling the dreyDriving the carriage, at speed with many turnsThe csiko wears very soft soled boots on the back of the Puszta fiver.

    Teamwork on horseback

    October 25, 2022 in Hungary ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    The preferred breed of horse is the Nonius, a muscular, heavy-boned horse, usually dark in colour. The trick of the csikos riding on the back of a team of horses is called a Puszta Fiver, because it is usually performed with five horses. This csiko had 10 - brilliant.Read more

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    Chain Link Bridge
    A quiet corner off Andrassy Avenue, the Champs Élysées of this city.The Jewish Synagogue, biggest in Hungary. More than 80,000 jews live here.House of Terror museum

    Driving thru the streets of Pest

    October 26, 2022 in Hungary ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C

    The city streets are busy already. Budapest is still full of tourists in this warmer weather. The Chain Link Bridge is currently undergoing a 3 year renovation, so the bridge and road are closed. Traffic chaos!
    Pest is full of beautifully restored buildings. It’s had to believe that most of it was bombed in WW2 - every bridge was bombed and cut the city in two.    Read more

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    Matthias Church, the Fisherman's Bastion, the walled city
    The oldest building in the Old TownA delightful souvenir shop set back in between buildings.The oldest post office in BudapestHistoric post boxThe PalaceBuda Castle at night

    The Old Town, Buda

    October 26, 2022 in Hungary ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

    Across the Elizabeth Bridge and around the old town walls are many beautiful restored buildings. The Old Town is home to Buda Castle now filled with museums, Matthias Church, the Fisherman's Bastion and the historic Old Town market place.Read more

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    The altar from the balconyTomb of King Bela III and his wife, Anne, was relocated in the chapel in 1898.

    Matthias Church

    October 26, 2022 in Hungary ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    The Matthias Church is a very grand Roman Catholic church with a beautiful tiled roof added in the 19th century. It was originally built in the 14th century. Sitting in the Fishermen’s Bastion, this forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage area. The geometric wall designs reflect the Asian influence in Hungarian ethnographic beginnings. A small museum is located on the first floor.Read more

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    Statue of Hungary's first king, St Stephen.

    Fisherman’s Bastion

    October 26, 2022 in Hungary ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    Built between 1895 and 1902 to a design by Frigyes Schulek, it was almost destroyed in WW2. It’s a cluster of white stone towers, arches, terraces and columns. The Fisherman's Bastion is part of a UNESCO World Heritage area.Read more

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    Last thing the Jews would have seen before being shot.
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    Shoes on the Danube

    October 27, 2022 in Hungary ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    On the banks of the Danube, just in front of the Hungarian Parliament Building, stand 60 pairs of iron shoes, pointed towards the river. Poignant in their simplicity, a tragic story lies behind this memorial to the hundreds who lost their lives as a result of the atrocities committed by Budapest’s Arrow Cross militiamen during the Second World War.

    During this time, Jews in Budapest were often rounded up on the banks of the Danube before being shot, falling into the water which would then carry them away. Even more harrowingly, they were regularly forced to remove their shoes as these were a valuable commodity during the war; their murderers would then sell them or use them themselves.

    Different styles and sizes can be seen, showing that nobody was safe – not men, women or children. Today, candles are placed in the shoes, flowers are laid alongside them and a plaque reads “To the memory of the victims shot into the Danube by Arrow Cross militiamen in 1944–45. Erected 16 April 2005.”    Read more

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    Statue of Gyula Andrassy, distinguished Hungarian statesmanParliament from Castle HillParliament at night

    The Parliament

    October 27, 2022 in Hungary ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    This huge neo-Gothic building dominates the Danube’s left bank. It was built between 1885 and 1902. The exterior is decorated with 90 statues of Hungarian heroes.

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