Summer in Pécs, Hungary
Summer in Pécs, Hungary. Trip to Tetye to meet Charles Barca, the guy behind Black Panther Linux.
Travelogue
I’m seldom more than a few metres from a camera and I generally have one in my pocket, bag or car. These are a few snaps from my various travels.
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Riddings Drop-in and Lincoln Cathedral
Yesterday we drove to Lincoln to meet Robert Simpson, the guy behind the the Riddings Drop in Centre internet café. Today we had a day off, time to take some snaps of the beautiful Lincoln Cathedral.
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A cyber café for thirty quid? Farcical or feasible?
“10 pc Cybercafé for 30ukp!!!!” was the triumphant claim of a recent post on the Puppy Linux users forum… http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?search_id=326686869&t=12714 Thirty pounds sterling is about fifty US dollars – not a lot of money. Needless to say my colleagues and I were intrigued and perhaps even a tad sceptical. More intriguing was the claim that…
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Wales
While I am in Wales, I thought I’d drive an extra few km to see my uncle in Brechfa.
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Welsh Rally
A trip to photograph the Welsh Rally courtesy of Duncan Woods at Taran Microsystems.
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A wander through Shirley, Southampton
Today I took a wander through the Southampton suburb of Shirley, mostly to photograph the graffiti in a little alley called Harrison’s Cut. The artwork is actually quite stunning in places, though I don’t suppose the homeowners are terribly happy about it. I used my new Lumix DMC-LX1 point-and-shoot digital camera. Considering its diminutive size,…
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Jules Holland on Southampton Common
Jules Holland and UB40 performed on the Common this evening. So I wandered across to take a few snaps.
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Pécs Organ Factory
Today, I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Pécs Organ Factory, to take some pictures of the very fine work that goes on there.
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Trip from Mui Wo to Cheung Chau
Today we took a boat trip from from Mui Wo to Cheung Chau, and had a bit of a wander.
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A few snaps around Mui Wo
A few snaps around Mui Wo, the massive bike sheds and some of the vessels that dock there.
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Lin Po and the Giant Buddha
I eas feeling particularly poorly today. Do I gave my girlfriend my camera and sent her off to take a few snaps of the Giant Buddha nest to Lin Po monastery, high up in he Lantau hills.
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Hotel Palatinus, Pécs, Hungary
Wandered into Pécs town again today and took a few snaps. In particular I wanted to grab a few images of Pécs’ very stylish Hotel Palatinus just as the lights come on. Located a few metres from the town centre, and set back a little from the main thoroughfare, Kyraly Utca, it is easy to…
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Traubisoda
Traubi or traubisoda is a brand of soft drink flavoured with grape juice. It is produced in Hungary, Austria and Croatia. Before 1995, in Hungary, it was made by a factory called Traubi Hungaria located in the village of Balatonvilágos. The company produces the drink from a special type of Hungarian grapes, called saszla. The…
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Walking back to Pécs through the snow
Walking back to Pécs through the snow. Today, even the rougher prts of town have a strange beauty, now they’re covered with snow.
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Batthyány Kastélyszálló in the snow
Girlfriend and I stayed overnight at the Batthyány Kastélyszálló, a few kilometres from Pécs. Interesting place – it was lovely outside, but a bit rough inside, with plaster literally peeling off the walls. Still, it was good fun.
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Pécs after a snowfall
The Hungarian city of Pécs shortly after a snowfall.
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Szombathely to see a ring flash
Today we visited Hungary’s 10th largest city, Szombathely, to visit a chap who has invented a rather nifty LED ring flash unit.
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Bonfire
Bonfire in the garden, a little fiercer than expected. Fortunately no harm was done and it burnt itself out very quickly.
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Day trip to London
Day trip to London to see the lights..
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Sandbanks, Dorset
Today we took a road trip n the MX5 to the Studland Peninsula and Sandbanks, in Dorset.
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Highbury College
Portsmouth’s Highbury College shortly after it received a fairly major refurbishment.
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Lisbon, Portugal, day 14
Today we caught the train down to Lisbon Beach, Portugal. Very pleasant it was too.
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Lisbon, Portugal, day 13
Day 13 of our trip to Lisbon. Jst a couple of snaps around the newer parts of the city.
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Lisbon, Portugal, day 12
Today we went to Estoril.
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Lisbon, Portugal, day 11 Cascais
Today we wandered down to Cascais.
