It's nearly a week since I posted and life had been pretty hectic in the meantime. On Monday we managed to clean the Bunkhouse after our guests and lock it up. On Tuesday we departed with a plan of going food shopping in Auchan and the organic supermarket, followed by a visit to the New Jewish Cemetery and then home in time for me to get ready for the concert. Unfortunately we didn't leave early enough to do it all, so the cemetery was put off until later.
Dezso Ranki was superb. He played mostly Schumann and Beethoven, which I love anyway, but it was so soothing I nearly went off to sleep. Mind you, the latter had probably more to do with my cold and cough, rather than with his playing. In the meantime Roy's cough got worse, so we were a right pair of invalids. Wednesday and Thursday was spent mostly in bed (in my case not even getting out of my pyjamas!!) and slowly, but surely we were getting a tiny bit better as a result. Friday I decided to buy a day transport ticket and got all over town to a variety of places. The first was back to the organic supermarket to get a few homeopathic medicines, which my advisor suggested. Then for 10am I managed to get to the top of Castle Hill to the National Gallery for the Thorma exhibition.
I have never heard of this painter before this exhibition, but apparently neither have a great many people. And that in spite of him being one of the founders of the Nagybanya artist colony, which we have all heard about. Apparently, the all powerful boss of fine art in the communist days didn't like him and therefore he didn't exist. Well, I am glad I went to see his pictures. He started with mostly portraits and very realistic landscapes and life pictures. Later he came under the influence of impressionism and Gaugin, but I liked all his stuff. The exhibition was comprehensive, with many exhibits from private collections. I had a good time.
On Friday evening we had a really good time in the Caledonia pub with Colin and Nata, some new friends we met through the Hash. It was especially Colin and Roy that hit it off, they are more or less the same generation and life experience. This takes us to Saturday when we departed for the first orienteering event of the season. My cold and cough was still around, but I felt considerably better, so I decided to risk it.
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The first day was really good, although I had a brainfade at one stage, wasting about 2-3 minutes. As I have just gone up to the next age group I managed to win, even though I wasn't running too fast. The weather was kind, with lovely sunshine, although the temperature was still decidedly wintery.
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The second day was even better and I became the proud owner of a fancy certificate and a nice little icepack for sandwiches and such like. The overnight was spent at a place we have eaten many times before, but never managed to get a room in. This time we had a comfortable, if somewhat hot, night and a good meal on the Saturday night. Now we are back in town. We are staying until the weekend and try to get rid of our colds, if possible. Unfortunately, on top of the cold now I have a pulled muscle in my lower back and down my left leg, which is a pain (in more ways than one), but such is life. I might go to the baths this coming week to see if the lovely thermal waters might help it along the road to recovery.
Dezso Ranki was superb. He played mostly Schumann and Beethoven, which I love anyway, but it was so soothing I nearly went off to sleep. Mind you, the latter had probably more to do with my cold and cough, rather than with his playing. In the meantime Roy's cough got worse, so we were a right pair of invalids. Wednesday and Thursday was spent mostly in bed (in my case not even getting out of my pyjamas!!) and slowly, but surely we were getting a tiny bit better as a result. Friday I decided to buy a day transport ticket and got all over town to a variety of places. The first was back to the organic supermarket to get a few homeopathic medicines, which my advisor suggested. Then for 10am I managed to get to the top of Castle Hill to the National Gallery for the Thorma exhibition.
I have never heard of this painter before this exhibition, but apparently neither have a great many people. And that in spite of him being one of the founders of the Nagybanya artist colony, which we have all heard about. Apparently, the all powerful boss of fine art in the communist days didn't like him and therefore he didn't exist. Well, I am glad I went to see his pictures. He started with mostly portraits and very realistic landscapes and life pictures. Later he came under the influence of impressionism and Gaugin, but I liked all his stuff. The exhibition was comprehensive, with many exhibits from private collections. I had a good time.
On Friday evening we had a really good time in the Caledonia pub with Colin and Nata, some new friends we met through the Hash. It was especially Colin and Roy that hit it off, they are more or less the same generation and life experience. This takes us to Saturday when we departed for the first orienteering event of the season. My cold and cough was still around, but I felt considerably better, so I decided to risk it.
.jpg)
The first day was really good, although I had a brainfade at one stage, wasting about 2-3 minutes. As I have just gone up to the next age group I managed to win, even though I wasn't running too fast. The weather was kind, with lovely sunshine, although the temperature was still decidedly wintery.
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The second day was even better and I became the proud owner of a fancy certificate and a nice little icepack for sandwiches and such like. The overnight was spent at a place we have eaten many times before, but never managed to get a room in. This time we had a comfortable, if somewhat hot, night and a good meal on the Saturday night. Now we are back in town. We are staying until the weekend and try to get rid of our colds, if possible. Unfortunately, on top of the cold now I have a pulled muscle in my lower back and down my left leg, which is a pain (in more ways than one), but such is life. I might go to the baths this coming week to see if the lovely thermal waters might help it along the road to recovery.
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