Andreas and Jennifer ready for two weeks in Hungary.

Owls getting pre-flight drinks.

A decommissioned water tower that used to serve a hunting lodge.

Andreas making a new friend.

Visegrád castle from the Danube.

Andreas and Jennifer on the ferry.

Ferry passengers disembarking in Visegrád.

A depiction of the Congress of Visegád in 1335.

Festivities after the conclusion of the day's business.

Andreas and Jennifer at the castle walls.

Castle windows.

Castle windows.

Castle windows.

The castle courtyard.

Jennifer in a window.

Castle walls.

A typical public water fountain.

A well ornamented primary school.

An owl studying.

Jennifer where the street by our Airbnb turns into a trail.

A treehouse at a trail confluence.

The Danube Bend from an observation tower.

Andreas and Jennifer at the Danube.

Looking up river toward Szob.

The observation tower.

A trailside cave entrance.

A European Green Lizard.

Hiking along a ridge in dappled sunlight.

A good spot for a cookout.

A decaying storage structure.

The courtyard at Èeske cafe.

King Saint Stephen and Queen Gisela.

Purple Mullein flowers.

Hiking through a meadow.

Jennifer in a meadow.

Jennifer at a trail confluence.

Summer cabins.

Retention pond.

Coffee and ice cream break.

Emus at the Törökmező zoo.

South American coatis, relatives of raccoons.

The trail got steep at times.

Visegrád castle.

Wisteria above a front door.

A warning that the road will get steep.

Jennifer right before the road turns into a trail.

More elevation gain.

A cluster of likely Coprinellus micaceus (mica cap) mushrooms, spotted at the base of a tree.

A Viviparous lizard (Zootoca vivipara) scampering along a log.

A high-frequency Yagi antenna for serious amateur radio operation.

Dőry Castle, built in the 1910s.

Houses in Zebegény near the Danube.

Kós Károly Lookout, which gets you above the trees.

A monument to the Trianon Treaty that carved up Hungary after WWI.

Rock Chapel, built by László Jékey and his wife Magda Bartóky in 1938.

A bubble for outside seating in inclement weather.

A vacation home undergoing renovation.

Hiking through a meadow.

Delicious sour cherry beer.

The patio area of our Airbnb.

Pyrogranite roof tiles glistening in the sun.

An enclosed pedestrian bridge.

Ornamentation.

Art Nouveau building facades.

Belváros bridge over the Tisza river.

Andreas and Jennifer on the Szeged square.

Looking across Klauzal Square.

Street art by 0036mark.

The Royal Hotel in downtown Szeged.

The view from the balcony of our Airbnb.

The Art Nouveau home of the Regional Art Centre.

A wine store.

An owl perching in Dóm Square.

A twisted brick column by the Department of Physiology.

A statue of men carrying the dead butterfly of liberty, commemorating the participants of the 1956 revolution.

One of the murals under the Gate of Heros.

Jennifer grabbing one of my fries.

A classically ornamented entrance.

The oldest operating water tower in Hungary, built in 1904.

Cheshire cat at Nyugi Kert.

The courtyard of the University of Szeged Foreign Language Center.

A neoclassical balcony.

A memorial to the great flood of 1879.

The main route through Erzsébet Liget park.

Blue sky.

Filling up at Anna's fountain, an artesian well.

Dessert.

Jennifer gazing at the Tisza river beside a statue by András Lapis,

Every tenth step is labeled, with the balcony at 287.

Szeged and the Tisza river from the observation tower.

The Rókus water tower.

A rooftop patio.

Looking up into the dome of the Votive Church of Szeged.

Inside the Votive Church of Szeged.

Dessert at Reök Kàvéház.

An Art Nouveau mixed-use block.

The courtyard in the center of the block.

Art Nouveau ornamentation.

An ornamented turret.

A balcony at the Reök Palace.

The fourth largest synagogue in the world.

The dome from inside the synagogue.

The interior of the synagogue.

A brilliant Art Nouveau fresco at the top of the façade.

Brilliant crimson lobby tiles.

Looking out the front door.

Szeged's flatiron building, designed by Lipót Baumhorn.

A statue of famed Romani composer and musician Pista Dankó.

Coffee and snacks at Babka Bakery & Coffee.

The Kecskemét town hall.

A monument to the 1956 Hungarian revolution against communism.

The Kecskemét reformed high school.

Owls on the balcony.

Owls exploring the Fibonacci sequence.

Soviet-area architecture.

Green balconies.

An interesting building facade.

A water tower suitable for surviving a zombie apocalypse.

A pedestrian walkway down the middle of a busy street.

Lunch.

Looking up from the courtyard of our Airbnb building.

Tapas lunch.

An amphibious bus tour.

Gluten-free cake.

A fancy door.

Squirrel ornamentation.

Cats basking in the sun.

A neoclassical building undergoing extensive rehabilitation.

Franz Liszt.

Neoclassical building facades.

Keeping an eye on you!

Street art mural.

An urban nursery.

A very long shirt.

One of many building rehabilitation projects.

Neoclassical building facades.

The Hungarian Parliament building.

The track around Margaret Island.

Outdoor gym under Margaret Island bridge.

Sunlight at the landing of our Airbnb.

A Bird's Nest fern.

Magnolia tree in bloom.

A banzai tree.

Jennifer by a pond.

Irises.

Fruit clusters on a Date Palm.

Don't see this one in botanical gardens often.

Clever hose storage.

Blooming cacti.

A Maidenhair Fern.

A very large palm frond.

An ornamented building entrance.

An Art Nouveau mosaic facade.

Street art by qWeRT.

"Ring" vibes by 0036mark.

An Art Nouveau mosaic facade.

Watching you on the street.

Owls at the Árpád lookout.

A modern house with a beautiful view of Budapest.

Napraforgó street Bauhaus.

Napraforgó street Bauhaus.

Napraforgó street Bauhaus.

Napraforgó street Bauhaus.

Napraforgó street Bauhaus.

Napraforgó street Bauhaus.

A multi-family Bauhaus residence.

A multi-family Bauhaus residence.

A diamond in the rough.

A multi-family Bauhaus residence.

Modern apartments overlooking Budapest.

Jennifer on the steepest street in Budapest.

A statue of Gül Baba.

Water feature at the tomb of Gül Baba.

The tomb of Gül Baba.

Roses.

The tomb of Gül Baba.

Building demolition.