Szentes, little town in Hungary

City daily photo theme day : Pink!

2013-09-01T16:23:00.002+02:00

Szentes daily photo is no longer posting daily due to our move. However, I can not resist re-posting this photo for this month's theme - Pink! Thanks for visiting :)

See more Pink! here

CDP Theme day ~ Beauty of decay 4/4 Petőfi Hotel

2013-06-01T00:00:00.000+02:00

For this theme , we knew that we have to feature this important but decaying landmark of the town.
Since 2006, this blog has been documenting the restoration works of this former hotel. We even took a "before" photo in anticipation of the planned restoration.

You might think, well, that roof doesn't look so bad or the signage is still kind of standing. Talking about the sign, its gorgeous, isn't it? To show you how much beauty is left of this building, we have posted 3 more photos prior to the theme day (scroll down this blog) for you to take in the details and background story of this yet-to-happen restoration.

To see all entries from around the world, please visit here

ps. as its the weekend, I'll visit your blogs later , got to prep. for guests :)

Beauty of decay 3/4 Petőfi Hotel

2013-05-31T00:00:00.000+02:00

Since 2006, this blog has been documenting the restoration works of this former hotel. We even took a "before" photo in anticipation of the planned restoration.

At that time, the building was 107 years old. Seven years on, after some initial works of stripping, the project came to a halt several years ago. There were problems with the project manager, so we heard.

Because of the long delays, the building now looks worse than before! However, if you look closer, we believe you will find beauty in the decay ;) We're posting a series of 4 photos to show you some remaining details.

#News April 22, 2013 - the works is back on under a new management. source

Beauty of decay 2/4 Petőfi Hotel

2013-05-30T00:00:00.000+02:00

Beauty of decay 1/4 - Petőfi Hotel

2013-05-29T00:00:00.000+02:00

Back of hotel, refurbishment underway Oct 26, 2008

We have moved!

2013-02-28T00:00:00.000+01:00

We have moved from this little town of Szentes to Kecskemét for a number of years now. Where exactly is our "new" location? To give you an idea, here's an extraction from Wiki :-

"Kecskemét lies halfway between the capital Budapest and the country's third-largest city, Szeged, 86 kilometres from both of them and almost equal distance from the two big rivers of the country, the Danube and the Tisza. It is the northern of two centres of the Hungarian Southern Great Plain (Hungarian: Del-Alföld) region (comprising the three counties Bács-Kiskun, Békés and Csongrád); the southern centre is Szeged, the seat of Csongrád county. " - Wikipedia

You can join us at http://kecskemetdailyphoto.blogspot.hu/ , a photo blog documenting what we see and experience in our "new" home, Kecskemét.

Meanwhile, we'll still maintain this blog as and when we have new materials to share.

Thank you :)

Busó-walk / Busójárás

2013-02-25T08:30:00.000+01:00

Happened on 22 February.
It's a pity we didn't make it back ; but the video taken from facebook showed how fun the Busójárás was! :)

Yarn storming

2013-02-03T23:40:00.000+01:00

How "knit" is this?! A couple of trees at Kiss Balint Street were being adorned with knitted or crocheted yarn.


Considered a type of street art / graffiti, "yarn storming was initially almost exclusively about reclaiming and personalizing sterile or cold public places" ~ Wiki

Internation Free Hug day

2013-01-21T16:38:00.001+01:00

Despite the photo being rubbish, I am (re)posting 'cos today is International Free Hug Day.

I posted on the same event before but with a different photo here

Theme day: Festival of the Belly Button

2013-01-13T14:51:00.003+01:00

When I first make the big move here in 2005, I received my first digital point 'n shoot camera, a gift to document my new life in a new country.

It was also the early years of photo sharing on the internet; so, enthusiastically I joined many photo sharing sites. In the beginning, many of my photos was just point and shoot (duh!), without considering the proportion etc.

Over time, I learned more on photo compositions and editing from others. By 2006, my first digital camera retired when I upgraded to semi-dslr; which am still currently using.

For this theme day, I submit 2 shots of the rail tracks, both taken just within months. The noticeable difference for me was that in the later shot, I got more comfortable with photo editing programmes, and experimented a lot more.

Originally posted on March 2007

Originally posted on Jan 2007

For the rest of entries please visit http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/festival-of-belly-button.html

Best wishes

2012-12-23T22:28:00.000+01:00

July 24th was their 5th Anniversary! I have no idea why this photo has been sitting in my archive for this long...
Anyway, that was my first sighting of newly weds on carriage ride and I understand that this is a tradition of the Roma people.

River Tisza

2012-12-10T12:29:00.003+01:00

A scene as you enter and exit the town, a part of River Tisza .

Sharing

2012-11-30T23:33:00.003+01:00

A statue that also functions as bird bath!
What I love are the details and almost monotone of this shot :)

You can see the top of the statue in this link :-
http://szentesdailyphoto.blogspot.hu/2006/03/rendezvous.html

November theme day : Water's edge

2012-11-01T07:06:00.000+01:00

Luckily the bus that we're on slowed down due to traffic. So. perfect timing for me to capture a moment at the river.

See more photos of water's edge around the world ---> http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.hu/2012/10/november-gallery-waters-edge.html

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Reading nook

2011-09-14T12:27:00.002+02:00

If you're not into novels, fictions and such, you should still visit the newspapers & periodicals section of the library. As it is light , airy, full of green and the reading materials are good, too. Best section in my opinion!

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Old & New

2011-09-08T08:14:00.003+02:00

I much prefer the character and details of the old building.

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Stork watch time again!

2011-07-03T20:20:00.002+02:00

Updating with more shots ...

How to make a gif
Welcome back and hope last night's weather was not too rough.
Have a pleasant stay :)

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A trip to the channel

2011-06-15T13:16:00.002+02:00

The boy was fishing ; while I wanted to bring my folding chair, a book, a thermos (full of coffee) and spend my day there.

walking further we found turtle which we haven't seen here before!

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Grazing on the Great Plain

2011-04-22T06:50:00.004+02:00

I look forward to scene such as this when travelling along the great plain. My favourite time of the year!

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Kyokushin 極真 revisited (3)

2011-04-18T13:50:00.004+02:00

A few weeks ago, we walked pass the Shinto Gate and was pleasantly surprised to see this new mural bull (?) & martial artist. Unfortunately, I was without camera at the time.
Then I read that the European championship is to be held on last Satuday April, 16 and of course I have to be there to post the updated memorial here.

Previous entries about this memorial : here & http://szentesdailyphoto.blogspot.com/2006/11/kyokushin-revisited_22.html

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Colours of spring

2011-04-10T19:56:00.000+02:00

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Last day of winter ?

2011-02-28T08:08:00.003+01:00

photo taken on 27 Feb 2011

I sure hope !!

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Day after christmas

2010-12-28T07:55:00.002+01:00

Main square - The air was crisp and clear.

Some were enjoying the newly paved jogging trail at the park ... brrr

While we just carefully walked and take in the sight ...

Then our legs were numb from the cold...

so we left this scene and get going home ...

* HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE! *

Walk in the snow

2010-12-15T13:08:00.001+01:00

Autumn 2010

2010-10-12T07:55:00.001+02:00