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Last Saturday we got out of bed, got on our bikes and went on the “Salt’s Road”. This trip is organized to raise awareness to nature, and to teach children and grown-ups alike to take care of it.

So we got on our bikes and went to the meeting point:

When all of us got there, we set out, not knowing what was waiting for us. We went proximately 100 meters on asphalt and then we hit the dirt:

There was nothing wrong until we found our first “swamp”. We couldn’t circle around it, so we had to go through:

We were all covered in dirt:

And our bikes looked like they’ve been through a war:

We made a pit-stop, to decide which way we were going on:

Unfortunately we took the longer and harder way:

We even passed the hikers, that were going the same way, but on foot:

But then, a few hours later we arrived in Văleni, our almost final destination:

We stopped at a little store, to buy some beer, and somehow I got a flat tire. I pushed the bike for the last mile or so and we got to the campsite:

A fellow rider gave me a replacement tire, and I changed it:

We rested and waited for the gulyás to cook:

We played some Honfoglaló(Conquiztador):

Than we ate:

The rest was all rest, and enjoyment. On the way back I was too damn tired to take any more pictures, but all the road was almost uneventful. By the time we got home, it got dark, our bottoms were hurting like hell, and decided to push the bikes for the last few miles.

The whole trip was over 65 kilometers long, but it was worth every centimeter!

Here are all the pictures for you to enjoy:

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On Saturday we thought we should make a little trip to Sighișoara, and we went to the bus station and got a ride there. Just as we arrived it started raining and it rained all day… At least as long as we were there. As we got home the sun got out and we were mad as hell. But the rain didn’t stop me from making a few pictures so here they are:

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Today’s the first day of Easter, the most important christian holiday. Easter’s got a whole lot of great customs where I live. But let’s begin at the beginning…

The actual religious activities relating to Easter begin with Lent, the Great Fast (nagyböjt). During Lent it is forbidden to eat any meat, therefore the day before Ash Wednesday is called ‘húshagyó kedd’ in Hungarian terms, meaning Meat Abandoning Tuesday.
One of the major Easter customs is the tradition of ‘sprinkling’. On Easter Monday, young men pour buckets of water over young women’s heads, or spray perfume, cologne or just plain water, and then ask for a kiss and a red egg. It’s mainly practiced in the villages and is done so with the sole objective of attaining purification, though the custom is now carried forward by dousing with scented water. Palm Sunday is known as the ‘Flower Sunday’, Virágvasárnap in Hungarian since it was customary to bless not only branches of the varied plants but also the various flowers of the season.
On Good Friday also known as nagy-péntek houses are cleaned and eggs are decorated. In some Hungarian parts, egg gifts were presented in front of the church by godparents to their godchildren. Hungarian children exchange decorated eggs better known as hímestojás as a token of their friendship and love during Easter. Little girls however seal their friendship with a bride’s plate containing a bottle of wine, large pretzel and surrounded by ornamented eggs.
Easter festivities are typified with the practice of ‘Locsolkodás’, a day dedicated to playing mischief by reciting poems, playing songs etc.

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I wish every reader a blessed Easter, full of love and joy! Áldott húsvéti ünnepeket minden kedves olvasónak! Hristos a înviat!

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Flowers everywhere so i had to shoot some
Here are a few:

Excellent news. I had my very first exposition. Although it was not only mine, a lot of great arts were exposed to the public, but it was still an exposition.
It was hosted at the VHR Pub (Hungarian) and every night there is a concert too.

These were my pictures:

This is the place:

My girlfriend’s drawings:

These were shot on 14.03.2010.

One day we went hiking, back then I didn’t have my camera, so I borrowed a friend’s, a Fuji Finepix s5600. This was taken on Hawk’s Peak in Stânceni, Romania.

Hi. My name’s Zoltan Balogh and I’m an amateur photographer from Tirgu Mures, Romania. I own a Pentax K10D and a few lenses. I’m far from being a great or even good photographer, but I try.

With this blog I’d like to show you the world through my viewfinder.

She is my one and only. You can read her blog here in Hungarian.