On the northern hemisphere

The last day of the conference was the excursion to Szilvásvárad. A village in the Bükk Mountains with a narrow gauge railway. I love that little train but otherwise the excursion was a bit lacking since we used to start our hiking from this place, but not as the final destination. …

This event was great. Not talking about math, here are the social highlights. The organizers considered me as one of them, this was very kind. It somewhat dampened my being-tourist feeling. Here is my rock'n'roll-algebra friend. First evening. Wine & cheese reception. Due to my alleged…

The old building of the college. Last year I worked at this college, but no, I was based at a different campus. However, last week's conference was held here.I always liked this building, but it is really nice now. Big key... ...that opens big doors

I promised more photos of Eger. Since I spent last week there, I had ample opportunities to capture some of its beauty. Here is a selection. sorry about the orientation

...with the Harsányi  family is entertaining. The Euro Cup is still on, some of the matches are slightly interesting, but the boys continuous comments, arguments and passionate discussions are lot more interesting.

To get this straight in the beginning, it is not my choice for holiday. Tacky and it is in decline. Deserted new buildings, sparsely populated old hotels. Loud crap music everywhere. People are labouring under the misapprehension that this is relaxing. OK, there are thermal baths, but that is…

Debrecen is a big city with a university, where I spent some of my undergrad years. It is on the Great Hungarian Plain, which looks like this. The early evening temperature in Debrecen is the same as it was in Eger the day before. The tourist photo of Debrecen is this one with the reformist…

For Wednesday evening we planned the sunset walk, but Janka changed her mind. My guess is that my mother's anti-adventure campaign paid off. It is extremely dangerous walking on the hills in the light and cool evening breeze, while sitting and watching TV is perfectly safe. I disagree but I felt no…

Eger (the town) is ~25km from Egercsehi (the village). I use public transport between them. The alternative would be cycling, but I was lazy to do the due maintenance of the bicycle. Buses are frequent and reliable, so Simon Norton from Cambridge (genius in the basement) would be happy here. On the…

Due to the excess heat of continental summer I spend daytime hiding inside the house (mainly reading books). But since the diet is not exactly the slimming type I need to do some running as well. In the evening of course. Not before 7pm. The puppy is slowly getting the idea of running. In the…