Mighty Bucharest - Nagyszerű Bukarest

If you want to see something unusual, unexpected, funny or weird simply have a walk in Bucharest...and you find treasures. Ha valami szokatlant, váratlant, vicceset vagy furcsát szeretnél látni, egyszerűen menj el sétálni Bukarestben... és kincseket találsz.

... funny street plates, that makes you feel at home,
...vicces utcanevek, amik láttán otthonosan érzed magad,

"The street where I kissed Mimi - Az utca ahol megpusziltam Mimit"

... an old airplane landed in the middle of a roundabout,

... egy régi repülőgép, ami a körfogalom közepén szállt le,

"Happy landing - Boldog leszállás"

... an ingenious way to keep visitors out of the Communist Hero's Mausoleum in Carol Park,
... a látogatók távoltartásának egy leleményes módja, a Kommunista Hősök Emlékművénél, a Carol Parkban,
"No entry - Bemenni tilos"


... pubs with suggestive names,
... sokatmondó kocsmanevek,

"Fără şpagă = No bribe - Megvesztegetés nélkül"




... and the statue of the famouse Romanian writer, Ion Luca Caragiale, having the body of a former Lenin statue, and the head of the writer.
... és a híres román író, Ion Luca Caragiale szobra, aminek a teste egy régi Lenin szoboré, a feje az íróé.

"I.L. Caragiale"



...yes, all these, any many others, could happen only here, as in Romania everything is possible...

... igen, ezek és még sok más, csakis itt történhetnek meg, hiszen Romániában minden lehetséges...

Swallows

The swallows came back to the nest this year, too.

They "talk" all day long, I like to listen to them, it is so relaxing.
But it seems that they don't like to be photographed.
Actually, their nest is in a corner of my window and if I want to take a picture, I have to open it and lean out of the window. This scare them and they either hide in the nest or fly away and wait somewhere till I disappear.
I succeed to take only few and not very great pictures of them.

One of the swallow-parents guarding the nest.

Is anybody there?

Hello! I am the baby and I am hungry!

(You may notice the yellow spot near its beak, that the baby swallows have.)

I am coming!

Haystacks again

The season of my favourite things has arrived...
Yesterday I noticed them on the hill, so I took my camera today, not to miss them.

They were still there...



This one has a funny top that is in contrast with the curve of the hill.

Traveler IQ

This Traveler IQ was calculated on Friday, June 19, 2009 at 12:26PM GMT by comparing this person's geographical knowledge against the Web's Original Travel diary's 4,179,139 travelers who've taken the challenge.

It seems that my Traveler and Geography IQ has increased since last year, as now it is 109 and last year it was /only/ 94.
I haven't traveled a lot since my last test, I haven't studied maps... I think I was luckier this time.
What is your score?

Füvek

"Húzd le sarud, ha zöldbe mész,
s füvekre úgy tedd talpadat,
hogyha majd ők lépnek föléd,
mind visszasimogassanak"

Horváth Imre: Sarutlanul

Celebrate

Dear friends and visitors!

I invite you to celebrate.

You can celebrate what you want and prefer in this holiday season.

Enjoy this glass of wine...

Happy holidays!

Mikulás

Do you remember your first Mikulás?

Mikulás = Saint Nicholas, who comes on 6th of December, and brings presents to kids. You can read the legend of Saint Nicholas here.

I have very vague memories about my childhood, but I have an image in my mind about one Mikulás evening.

I was so anxious to see the good old man and prepeared to meet him. I cleaned my boots and put near the entrance door. I was in my room at the window to see Mikulás coming. Suddenly the bell rang at the door and I rushed out from my room to the hall... and I saw through the window of the entrance door a shadow going away, and I heard his steps as he was going down the stairs .
I did not meet him, but I saw his silhouette...
I was a bit disappointed that he was faster than me and could not see him.

I was about 4 years old...

On the picture you can see Joulupukki, the Finnish Mikulás.

Haystacks

I adore haystacks. They are my favourite "things".
If I see them staying on the hills I feel a strange emotion and I want to hug them. They look like some old little people that climb up on the hill.
I love their peculiar shapes, their curved lines.
I admire them during the sunset, when the sun-rays draw long shadows around them.

I decided to make a collection of photos presenting haystacks from all around the world, as I am curious how they look like in different regions.
If you are interested in haystacks or you have photos that you can add to my collection, please visit my flickr group called HAYSTACK.
Thanks :-)

Brighton SCHMAP-Guides

One of my photos posted on flickR was selected for Schmap-Guides.

FlickR Mail:

Schmap Brighton Fifth Edition: Photo Inclusion

Hi Zsofia Nagy,

I am delighted to let you know that your submitted photo has been selected for inclusion in the newly released fifth edition of our Schmap Brighton Guide:

Royal Pavilion
http://www.schmap.com/brighton/toppicks_attractions/p=171863/i=171863_33.jpg

Thanks so much for letting us include your photo - please enjoy the guide!

Best regards,

Emma Williams,
Managing Editor, Schmap Guides

My photo in Schmap-Guides

This is the original photo, on FlickR.

Recycling day - October 04, 2008

For the third time this year electronic waste is collected in our town. (And in others as well, as it is a national campaign.)

You should know that my town is relatively small and one of the poorest in the region.
Or maybe not?
The interesting thing is that every time this huge container was full of computers, TV-sets, fridges and other electronic equipments!
That means that people bought new ones and this means that they had money to change the old ones.
Are we really as poor as we pretend to be?