Valachi Anna visiting Toronto

We hosted our friend the lovely Anna Valachi from Hungary on Apr 24-27. Anna will be speaking at the Toronto Hungarian Cultural Centre, on the occasion of the "Day of Poetry".

Presentation: József Attila égi és földi szerelmei (Anna Valachi)
Film: A megtalált szerepDocumentary about Jolán József (1999) script: Anna Valachi, director: Judit Felvidéki
Film: Irány Kalifornia! (1996) Directed by: Judit Felvidéki

April 2009 update

On April 7, our grandson Dezső turned 2. Here is the party video on YouTube (no film critiques please).

We celebrated Easter at our cottage with Petra Balazs Eryn and Dezső. Pix on Picasa.

Emese spent April 17/18 in Montreal with friends from work, and took great pictures of children's art. Pix on Picasa.

Unesco World Heritage Sites

Sites visited:

Austria (2017, 2022) City of Graz - Historic Centre Historic Centre of Vienna Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg Semmering Railway Belgium La Grand-Place, Brussels Brazil (2003) Brasilia Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea Bulgaria (1981) Ancient City of Nessebar Canada Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks  (Banff, Jasper, Yoho) Historic District of Old Québec Rideau Canal SGang Gwaay (Queen Charlotte Islands) Cuba (1992, 2016) Old Havana and its Fortifications Czech Republic (1986) Historic Centre of Prague Denmark (2015) Kronborg Castle (Helsingør) Egypt (2007) Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis Historic Cairo Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae France (1979, 2000, 2006) Palace and Park of Versailles Paris, Banks of the Seine Nice  Germany (1980, 1981, 2022) Hanseatic City of Lübeck Upper Middle Rhine Valley (Bacharach, St. Goar) Great Spa Towns (Baden-Baden) Gibraltar (2018) Gorham's Cave Complex Greece (2011) Acropolis, Athens Medieval City of Rhodes Hungary Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae) Fertő / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment Old Village of Hollókő and its Surroundings from the tentative list: Ödön Lechner’s independent pre-modern architecture Limes - Ripa Pannonica Esztergom and Visegrád Italy (1976, 2006) Bologna Historic Centre of Florence Piazza del Duomo, Pisa Venice and its Lagoon City of Verona Rome and Vatican Via Appia

Japan (2023) Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto  Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara  Mt. Koya Hiroshima Peace Memorial Itsukishima Shrine Mt. Fuji Tokyo Museum of Western Art (Le Corbusier) Morocco (2018) Medina of Fez Medina of Marrakesh Historic City of Meknes Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City Mexico (1993) Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza Netherlands (1981) Defence Line of Amsterdam Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht Norway (2015) Bryggen (Bergen)  Urnes Stave Church Nærøyfjord Panama (2017) Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá Poland (1986, 2017) Historic Centre of Warsaw Historic Centre of Kraków Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines Auschwitz Birkenau Portugal (2026) Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon Cultural Landscape of Sintra Romania (2018) Sarmizegetusa Historic Centre of Sighişoara from the tentative list: Old Village of Torockó Historic Centre of Sibiu Slovakia (2018) from the tentative list: Kassa Spain (2008, 2026) Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada Historic Centre of Cordoba Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville Works of Antoni Gaudí Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona Sweden (2015) Royal Domain of Drottningholm Skogskyrkogården (Forest Cemetery) Turkey (2011) Ephesus Historic Areas of Istanbul United Kingdom (1981) Tower of London Westminster Abbey United States (1983, 2007) Everglades National Park Grand Canyon National Park Statue of Liberty Guggenheim Museum (Frank Lloyd Wright)

Dezso 3 weeks old

Some more pictures of the little guy at 3 weeks on PicasaWeb

Baby news

Boy: Dezső Thomas Pál Hollósy Reid, to Balázs Hollósy and Eryn Reid. Born this morning, April 7th 2007, at 2:06 AM, weighing in at 7 lbs. 9 oz. Mother and father also doing well. Pictures here

Hollósy Dezső Thomas Pál született helyi idő szerint 2 órakor; 3.40 kg súllyal. Mama, papa szintén jól vannak. További hírek s képek emitt

About the name Dezső: babynames.com

People with this name: Dezső Bánffy, Dezső Földes, Dezső Kosztolányi, Dezső Lauber, Dezső Szabó

Baby shower

In anticipation of the birth of a son to Balázs and Eryn, Emese and girlfriends gathered at our house for a joyous occasion and preparinging the couple with the necessities of parenting. Balazs may need no introduction, but feast your eyes on the expectant mom, and as always, we feature Eddie and Buksi in these pictures.

Egypt trip 2007

Emese and I spent 2 weeks touring Egypt. Take a look at our pictures.
A slide show : here
Pictures of our travel companions: here