 Godollo on Friday evening, not far outside of Budapest. |
 The palace at Godollo, which used to be one of Sissy's favorites. It is currently under renovation -- this part looks fabulous |
 ... but this part does not, yet. |
 Neither does this. The interior of the renovated part can be visited (hint for those coming this spring/summer). |
 The old stables and garden are still a mess. |
 The magnificent 18th-century trompe d'oeil ceiling of the Baroque library in Eger's Lyceum. |
 The library itself, where we understood approximately 75% of a long tour in Hungarian. Very pleased with ourselves. |
 The Lyceum also houses an observatory (no longer working), also from the 18th century. This is a wall quadrant. |
 View from the Lyceum's top balcony -- in the foreground is the Lyceum itself, with the Cathedral behind. |
 Eger's 19th century neoclassical cathedral is the second largest in the country. Note that it is yellow. |
 The Minorite church on Dobo ter, often cited as one of the finest examples of Hungarian baroque ecclesiastical architecture. |
 And the yellow Franciscan church, built in the 18th century on the ruins of a former mosque from the Turkish occupation. |
 It was rather windy on top of the Lyceum. |
 There is only a sketch to show for it, but the most brilliant part of the weekend was seeing the actual camera obscura working. |
 The Minorite church, from the front. Quite a letdown after the camera obscura. |
 The Cistercian church (originally Jesuit, early 18th century) -- Eger has 17 churches. |
 Inset statues on a Jesuit school from 1754. |
 Across the street, the Eger post office. |
 The Franciscan church from up close (built 1736-1755). |
 Buildings in Hungary tend to be pressed right up to the road, making it hard to get a good photo angle. |
 Aha -- the Lyceum tower, with the astronomy dome and the camera obscura perioscope. |
 Never, never, never let Richard choose your rental car. Our lawnmower has more power. |
 The 10th century church at Tarnaszentmaria, one of the oldest in the country. We loved the Celtic knot. |
 The yellow church on the main square in Gyongos, originally Gothic but remodeled in 18th-century with baroque features. |
 The back of the same church, showing some of the stone under the plaster. |
 The Pannonhalma Abbey (Benedictine), which stands tall on a hill overlooking western Hungary. |
 Instead of taking another tour in Hungarian, we walked in the Abbey's Arboretum and lavender fields. |
 The Arboretum was full of songbirds, but our birding skills seem to have declined over the winter. |
 Proof of spring! |
 Pannonhalma Abbey, now a prestigious boys' school. |
 Houses in the town of Pannonhalma itself. |
 The magnificent neobaroque town hall in Gyor, which looks remarkably similar to that in Vienna. |
 Gyor is a large industrial city, with a brilliantly-preserved 18th/19th century old town. |
 This building, complete with bas reliefs, is for sale. |
 Detail of buildings on Gyor's main street. |
 The Riesz brothers (mathematicians) were born in this house. |
 Gyor's main square, which houses what we discovered as one of the best restaurants in Hungary. |
 Back alleys of Gyor, close to the Margit Kovacs pottery museum. |
 The Carmelite church in Gyor (yellow, as required). |
 The Bishop's palace in Gyor, also yellow (but the cathedral was white). |