Date Thursday 21st November 2019 Holy Places Visited Rendházban Kápolna [“Convent Chapel”], Dobogókő Distance Travelled Stayed in and around Dobogókő Route I again stopped at the statue of Sri Chinmoy, a “dreamer of world peace”, before revisiting the nearby Convent Chapel. I then took a walk through the forested mountains to Ferenczy Szikla [“Ferenczy Rock”] …
Category archives: Közép-Dunántúl [Central Transdanubia]
Day 281: Pilisszentlélek to Dobogókő
Date Wednesday 20th November 2019 Holy Places Visited Szentlélek-Plébániatemplom [“Holy Spirit Parish Church”], Pilisszentlélek Pálos Koloster Rom [“Pauline Monastery Ruin”], near Pilisszentlélek Rendházban Kápolna [“Convent Chapel”], Dobogókő (exterior) Distance Travelled Approximately 9½ km (6 miles) Route I revisited the local church before heading off into the forested hills of the Visegrád Mountains. I stopped at …
Day 280: Pilisszentlélek
Date Tuesday 19th November 2019 Holy Places Visited Szentlélek-Plébániatemplom [“Holy Spirit Parish Church”], Pilisszentlélek Distance Travelled Stayed in Pilisszentlélek Route I visited the local Parish Church, which was originally built in 1857 in place of a Chapel, and appeared to be undergoing extensive renovation at the time of my visit. Outside the front entrance is …
Day 279: Búbánatvölgy to Pilisszentlélek
Date Monday 18th November 2019 Holy Places Visited Eredeti Fény Zen Templom [“Original Light Zen Temple”], near Kerektó Szentlélek-Plébániatemplom [“Holy Spirit Parish Church”], Pilisszentlélek Distance Travelled Approximately 12½ km (8 miles) Route From the village I headed south past small lakes into the forested Visegrádi Hegység [“Visegrád Mountains”] through light rain and under grey clouds. …
Days 277 & 278: Búbánatvölgy
Date Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th November 2019 Distance Travelled Stayed in Búbánatvölgy Route We went on some short walks into the village, to the nearby Halas-Tó [“Fish Pond”] and through the woodland. Then Claire returned to the UK on Sunday evening. Unfortunately, there were no Holy Places to visit in the immediate vicinity. However, …
Day 276: Esztergom to Búbánatvölgy
Date Friday 15th November 2019 Holy Places Visited Fájdalmas Szűz-Kápolna [“Sorrowful Virgin Chapel”], Esztergom (exterior) Distance Travelled Approximately 9 km (5½ miles) Route I walked up the Szent Tamás Kálvária Lépscó [“Saint Thomas Calvary Steps”] to the Chapel on Saint Thomas Hill that commerates the crucifixion, both through it’s name, the “Sorrowful Virgin Chapel”, and …
Day 275: Esztergom
Date Thursday 14th November 2019 Holy Places Visited Szatmári Irgalmasnővérek Szent Kereszt Felmagasztalása Zárdatemploma [“Merciful Sisters of Szatmar’s Exaltation of the Holy Cross Convent Church”], Esztergom Loyolai Szent Ignác-Plébániatemplom [“Saint Ignatius of Loyola Parish Church”], Esztergom (exterior) Nagyboldogasszony és Szent Adalbert Főszékesegyház (“Esztergomi Bazilika”) [“Cathedral of Our Lady of Assumption and Saint Adalbert (“Esztergom Basilica”)”], …