In Opusztaszer National Historical Memorial Park ("Opusztaszeri Nemzeti Torteneti Emlekpark" commemorates the single most important event in Hungarian history: the honfoglalas, or 'conquest,' of the Carpathian Basin by the Magyars in 896.  Contrary to what many people think (Hungarians included), the park does not mark the spot where Arpad, mounted on his white charger, first entered 'Hungary.'  That was actually the Munkacs Valley, Hungarian territory until after WWI and now Ukrainian territory.  But according to the twelfth-century chronicler known as Anonymous, it was at this place called Szer that Arpad and the six clan chieftains, who had sworn a blood oath of fidelity to him, held their first assembly, and so it was decided that a Millennium Monument would be erected here in 1896.  (Scholars had actually determined the date of the conquest to be between 893 and 895, but the government was not ready to mark the millenary anniversary until 1896.)  Situated atop a slight rise in the Great Plain about a kilometer from the Szeged road, the park is an attractive though somber place.  (Steve Fallon & Neal Bedford, Hungary, 300-1)

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Szeghalom		Szeghalom.  First stop on the way to Szarvas from Debrecen
	szop2003-001	(Saturday 12 July) "Kisvendeglo" (bar), Szeghalom.   First stop on the way to Szarvas from Debrecen
	szop2003-002	(Saturday 12 July) Bus timetable, Szeghalom (in front of "Kisvendeglo")
The Koros River		The Koros River.  Near "Ciprus fogado es hajokikoto"
	szop2003-004	(Saturday 12 July) The Koros River.  Near "Ciprus fogado es hajokikoto"
	szop2003-005	(Saturday 12 July) The Koros River.  Near "Ciprus fogado es hajokikoto"
	szop2003-009	(Saturday 12 July) ?Totem pole by the Koros River
	szop2003-010	(Saturday 12 July) "Tortenelmi Magyarorszag Kozepe," a geographical monument by the Koros River: I heard it was a kind of the geographical center of Hungary in its most glorious days
	szop2003-011	(Saturday 12 July) "Tortenelmi Magyarorszag Kozepe," a geographical monument by the Koros River
"Ciprus fogado es hajokikoto"		"Ciprus fogado es hajokikoto" (restaurant), Arboretum u. 1/A
	szop2003-003	(Saturday 12 July) "Ciprus fogado es hajokikoto" (restaurant), Arboretum u. 1/A
	szop2003-006	(Saturday 12 July) "Ciprus fogado es hajokikoto"
	szop2003-007	(Saturday 12 July) "Hideg gyumolcsleves" (cold fruit soup), "Ciprus fogado es hajokikoto"
	szop2003-008	(Saturday 12 July) Professor Youngmin Kim (Dongguk University, Korea) & me, "Ciprus fogado es hajokikoto"
Opusztaszer National Historical Memorial Park		Opusztaszer National Historical Memorial Park ("Opusztaszeri Nemzeti Torteneti Emlekpark").  About 28km north of Szeged.
	szop2003-012	(Saturday 12 July) Opusztaszer National Historical Memorial Park ("Opusztaszeri Nemzeti Torteneti Emlekpark."  About 28km north of Szeged.
	szop2003-013	(Saturday 12 July) Opusztaszer National Historical Memorial Park
	szop2003-014	(Saturday 12 July) Statue of Lion and Prof. Patrick O'Dwyer, Galway.  Opusztaszer National Historical Memorial Park
	szop2003-015	(Saturday 12 July) A two-part exhibition entitled "Promenade 1896," Opusztaszer National Historical Memorial Park
	szop2003-016	(Saturday 12 July) A two-part exhibition entitled "Promenade 1896," Opusztaszer National Historical Memorial Park
	szop2003-017	(Saturday 12 July) Statue of "Harvest Couple," Opusztaszer National Historical Memorial Park
	szop2003-018	(Saturday 12 July) Statues in the Garden of Ruins, Opusztaszer National Historical Memorial Park
	szop2003-019	(Saturday 12 July) Statues in the Garden of Ruins, Opusztaszer National Historical Memorial Park
	szop2003-020	(Saturday 12 July) The Arpad Memorial, Opusztaszer National Historical Memorial Park