Theme day: Festival of the Belly Button

When I first make the big move here in 2005, I received my first digital point 'n shoot camera, a gift to document my new life in a new country.

It was also the early years of photo sharing on the internet; so, enthusiastically I joined many photo sharing sites. In the beginning, many of my photos was just point and shoot (duh!), without considering the proportion etc.


Over time, I learned more on photo compositions and editing from others. By 2006, my first digital camera retired when I upgraded to semi-dslr; which am still currently using.

For this theme day, I submit 2 shots of the rail tracks, both taken just within months. The noticeable difference for me was that in the later shot, I got more comfortable with photo editing programmes, and experimented a lot more.

Originally posted on March 2007

Originally posted on Jan 2007

For the rest of entries please visit http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/festival-of-belly-button.html

When the train leaves

Dug from the archive, taken at the train station.
You must listen to this song by a famous hungarian singer, titled Mikor elindul a vonat (when the train leaves)

Szentes was the birthplace of Hungarian railcar operations; the two-axle
railcars built by GANZ were initially introduced here at the end of the 1920s
and passenger traffic on the surrounding lines has been served by railcars ever
since. Nowadays the local rolling stock mainly comprises 6341 railcars purchased
from Russia a few years ago. - source

Connecting

Am lucky to be here typing this. Have no idea the railroads are still quite busy..lol! Travelling by rail to other parts of the country is still in demand among people here. Beside catering for popular destinations to city centres ,like Budapest, Szeged, Pecs ,etc ; the station also connects to smaller towns of the Great Plain area.

Happy weekend everyone!!

Taxis

Dusty floor due to lots of renovation works going on

Unlike the taxis at Edinburgh , ours are plain as can be. There are no regulations that say taxis must be of certain car model. The only standardisation are the stickers on the doors and the usual light box on the top. Hence, taxis here can be 4 wheel-drive or even station wagons.

I got to go do some shopping, read your postings later ..Enjoy your weekend :)