The following are notes on that I made some years ago for the
'New Fermor Tour' (see
The Mystery of Old Ireland in Hungary posted earlier today). The notes are on Patrick Leigh Fermor's route across Hungary and Transylvania, as set out in his
'Between the Woods and the Water'.
overnights are in bold, numbers are page-numbers in the English edition of
‘Between the Woods and the Water’
Estergomtól Brassóig 2002
P.L. Fermor utja [ut=road],
Chapter 1. Bridge Passage
Hungary
Esztergom, 14 Mayor of, gives a mentor
Szob 20, 1st April 1934, Easter Day
Visegrád 25
Szentendre 26
Chapter 2 Budapest
Budapest 28, Tibor & Berta, 39 Count Paul Teleki,
Chapter 3 The Great Hungarian Plain
Cegléd 43 road to, picks up Malek,13th April 1934, 58 lies to south-west
Albertirsa 43
Jászság 55, Jászberény 56
Szolnok 59 Dr. Imre Hunyor
Nagykunság 55 (also Kiskunság)
Pusztatenyo & Pusztapo 60
Mezötúr 61 Miklos Lederer
Gyoma 64 Dr. vitéz Haviar Gyula, leaves Melek
Kőrösladány 66 Graf Johann Meran & Countess Ilona Meran, kastély
Vésto 72 Count Lajos, Great Bustards
Doboz 75 gróf László, minute automatic pistol
Békéscsaba 77
Ókigyós [printed “O’Kigyós”!] 77-81 Józsi & Denise
Lökösháza 81, 83 last station before border
Chapter 4 The Marches of Transylvania
Románia/Rumania
Kürtös/Curtici 90 arrives 27 Apr 1934
Pankota/Pincota 84 Imre Engelhardt, owner of Apollo cinema
Borosjenő/Ineu 86 Tibor
Arad, Maros,Völgye
Tövicsegháza 100 Jaš, manor-house north of Arad, host Jaš
Chapter 5 Across the Forest
Ötvenes 106
Máriaradna/Radna 107, Abbey of Maria Radna
Solymos/Soimos 108 castle a stronghold of John Huniades, but older than he
Soborsin/Šavaršin 110 north-east area of the Banat, has a Nádasdy château
Bulcs/Bulci
Kápolnás/Capalnas 110, Count Eugene Teleki, Jenö gróf, kastély
Zám/Zam 121 Xenia, kastélyi-dweller, first strictly Transylvanian halt
Déva/Deva 167 station where Angéla says goodbye & leaves for Budapest
Vajdahunyad/Hunedoara 115 chief stronghold of John Hunyadi
Gyulafehérvár/Alba Julia 138, start of tour by car of Transylvania
Torda/Turda 142
Kolzsvár/Cluj Napoca 143
Marosvásárhely/Tirgu Mureş 148
Segesvár/Sigişoara [Schässburg] 151, 154 Battle of, where Petöfi fell
Segesd/Saas/Schaas, Trappold/Apold, Henndorf, Niederhausen 158 Saxon villages
Szentágota/Agnita/Agnetheln 159
Fogaras/Făgăras/Fogarasch 162
Olt river [Hun/Rum, but Alt in German], province of Oltenia 163
Völgye
Nagyszeben/Sibiu/Hermannstadt 164
Simeria 166, halt of
Chapter 7 Carpathian Uplands
Laposnyak/Lapuşnic 168, Lázár, give motor-car back to its owner,20 ml from Deva
Tamásd/Tomesti, Bistra,Vögye
Hátszeg/Hateg 124 gróf K. lived in valley, 191 should have gone this way
Retyezát 191 massif
Sarmizegetusa 191 old capital of the Dacians
UlpiaTriana 192 Roman town founded on Sarmizegetusa
Chapter 8 The End of Middle Europe
Baths of Hercules 210, Heinz Schramm, a schoolfellow of István’s, lived a few miles away
Herkulesfürdö/Baile Herculane/Herkulesbad 214
Orşova, Duna (Danube) 216
Vidin 219, Bulgarian town
Bulgaria
Moldova Veche,Vaskapu, Kazán Szoros 220
Golubac 222
Szerbia/Serbia
Turnu Severian 222
Kitérők [kitölteni= to fill in]: Székelyföld, Szentegyháza, Hartita, Korond, Székelyudvarhely
Bánát: Temesvár/Timişoara, Ópusztaszer,
Résztvevők [Részt=part, vevő=buyer]
James O’Fee, Nov 2001 and June 2002, following J. Freier
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