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A view of our garden with the guest house (with red roof) on the right, behind the old vines |
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The guest house, behind the old vines |
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The center of the apartment: our ceramic tile stove with the kitchen in the background (right) and the bathroom (on the left) |
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View of the apartment's kitchen |
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The entrance of the apartment is just to the right of the table with chairs |
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Another romantic view of the ceramic tile stove and kitchen area |
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The bed with cupboards to the left and bathroom door to the right |
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The shower in the bathroom |
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Another detail of the bathroom |
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The cellar under the house with room for stpring guests' bottles of wines - always a good place for some relaxation. It's cold in summer and warm in winter! |
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A close-up view of the organic jams and bottled food that we and my mother make |
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The handle on the door of the cellar is train shaped - but we kept the interior of the apartment free of trains. You can see trains in the garden! |
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Wife and son watering the vegetable garden, with our compost box in the background |
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From spring to autumn, the garden is always a good place for games or relaxation |
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Plenty of kid's toys ensure a happy time for even the smallest members of our gests' the family |
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We try to keep the lawn green, flesh and clean so that everybody may enjoy their stay |
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The wallnut tree provides a fantastic shadowed cooling place even on hottest days, next to our functioning well |
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Cooking in the garden is always fun! Here we have some guests preparing food on a harrow disc - with the track of the garden railway circling the vegetable garden in the background |
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An American F-unit with a typical US consist - on our garden railway |
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We have cats and hedgehogs visiting our garden by night - and occasionally even a squirrel from acrtoss the back street! |
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The traditional Hungarian grey cattle have big grounds next to the village and can often be found grazing 300 meters from our house |
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Many birds visit us, both in summer and winter - nothing extraordinary but still very sweet. We have storks in the village and cravens on Mount Badacsony and many woodpeckers and herons are also to be found in the area |
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A view from Mount Badacsony, above our village. On the left is Lake Balaton |
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Looking north are further volcanic remains and vineyards |
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On the southern slopes one gets to look over the best vineyards of Mount Badacsony and may even wonder onto the top of some of the "basalt organs" |
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One of the best views over Lake Balaton with our village and the reeds along the shore |
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Traditionally grown vines in a local vineyard |
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The southern part of our village has a short shoreline that can be visited free. From this area one can see all of the "basalt organs" at once. The best view is from a boat on the lake! |
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A close-up view of the "basalt organs": the eroding stone cap of this long dead volcano |
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Above the "basalt organs" is the huge cross of the late Bishop Ranolder |
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The cross of the late Bishop Ranolder is a landmark that can be seen from far into the lake |
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Another view of the cross on top of the "basalt organs" |
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The interior of our village's catholic church which is over 100 years old. Sometimes there are classical music or organ concerts held inside |
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This is the platform at our railway station with a re-engined (silent) Ganz locomotive. The station building has a big canopy and is only 3-5 minutes walk from the NOHAB APartment, depending on your pace |
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Almost every summer and winter there are special trains passing our village, mostly with steam traction |
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Summers are good for riding or chasing trains - usually two or three M62s are out each day! |
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Our family |
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A nice dish made of organic pork available in a restaurant in Badacsony |
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Kocsonya (jellified soup) prepared by a local wine maker for the annual kocsonya beaty contest in 2012 |