After our walking tour of Pécs, we were given 45 minutes of free time.
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| Maybe we should have taken the tourist train! |
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| Széchenyi tér/Széchenyi Square with Szentháromság-szobor/Holy Trinity Statue (1908, by György Kiss, replacing the deteriorating 1714 statue erected to commemorate the end of the plague) |
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| Hunyadi-szobor/Hunyadi Statue (1956, by Pál Pátzay) of Hungarian military hero János Hunyadi who defended the Kingdom of Hungary from the Ottoman Empire |
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| Megyeháza/County Hall (1897, as the Pécs-Baranya Central Savings Bank), the bees and beehive decorations symbolize the building as a financial institution |
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| Városháza/City Hall (1907, by Adolf Láng in Neo-Baroque style) |
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| Easter Egg and tulips |
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| We were looking for the National Theater on the wrong street, and the yellow wall is the rear of the building... |
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| So this was not the National Theater either, but it is Markus Színház/Markus Theatre, a Hungarian Puppet theater |
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| Former Pécsi Napló/Pécs Journal (newspaper) (1906, by Andor Pilch) has a bust of Johannes Gutenberg, the printer, over the corner door (KSS) |
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| Pécsi Zsinagóga/Pécs Synagogue (1866-1869, by Frigyes Feszl, Károly Gerster, and Lipót Kauser in Hungarian Romantic style) (KSS) |
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| Toy store (KSS) |
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| Ceramic flowers |
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| Gustav Klimt's The Kiss bowl or vase |
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| Zsolnay-kút/Zsolnay Fountain (1912, by Andor Pilch) |
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| Wolt food delivery service |
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| One end of perhaps Tablet Fountain |
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| The other end of perhaps Tablet Fountain |
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| Elefántos Ház/Elephant House (1897, as the headquarters for the Pécs-Baranya Central Savings Bank) has a small statue of an elephant on the corner |
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| Kent ordered a coffee so that we could get change in smaller bills of Hungarian forints |
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| Bolt Taxi is the Uber of Hungary |
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| A photo of Hungarian chefs has been plastered over half of a mural (2018, by Takerone) |
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| Viking Rinda Lunch: Creamy Tomato Soup with basil and mascarpone |
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| Confited Watermelon Salad with soy marinade, sesame oil, and spring onion |
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| Fish & Chips with malt vinegar and tartar sauce |
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| Mohács-Újmohács Ferry |
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| Eight large barges in tandem |
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| Türr István Lookout Tower (1938, by Ferenc Miskolczy and András Nagy) to honor a 19C Hungarian freedom fighter and associate of Garibaldi |
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| Viking Rinda Dinner Starter: Hortobágyi Palacsinta/ Hungarian chicken crepe roulade with creamy paprika sauce |
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| Or Quinoa Salad with organic quinoa, fava beans, avocado, frisée lettuce, and crumbled goat cheese |
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| Mohácsi Pisztráng Filé Vajon/Mohács-style trout seared in butter with black olive & tomato salsa, also lemon mashed potatoes |
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| Moelleux au Chocolat/Soft chocolate cake made with Valrhona Taïnori cacao, a premium French chocolate |
Next: Budapest Central Market.
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