Pannonhalma, Hungary

After spending the night in Sopron we headed back to Budapest, stopping along the way to take a tour of the Abby of Pannonhalma.  This is one of the oldest Christian monuments in Hungary, actually pre-dating the conversion of the country.  It's a ...

... things are moving right along as we continue to move across the country. Wednesday morning we were able to visit the "Rome" of Hungary, where the Roman Catholic See is, and then even cross over into Slovakia. We learned a lot more about train travel too. ...

... Dat wil zeggen, we rijden honderd kilometer oostwaarts naar Györ. Het uiteindelijke reisdoel van vandaag is een camping in Pannonhalma. Die schijnt volgens de verschillende informatiebronnen die we geraadpleegd hebben echt fantastisch te zijn. Met name het ...

Our focus is the Unesco sit of Archabbey of Pannonhalma, a thousand-years-old abbey. It is 40 minutes by local bus. One concept that we have been pondering is at what point is the historical nature of a building lost such that rather than a refurbishing ...