Right in the middle of Europe is a small country, Hungary, where yet very diverse regions alternate. The southern side of the mountains is warm and largely dry, with summers running from May to October. Velence Mountains is in the north from Lake Velence, where I used to hike a lot. The landscape is a bit similar to Balaton Uplands, but the granite mountains are much older (cca 300 million yrs), than the volcanic cones of Balaton Uplands (4-2 million yrs). I started my walk in Sukoró, I planned to go to Nadap, but I could only get there with a big detour. It is characteristic of this village that it has very long streets and nowhere is a cross street. Only dead ends everywhere ... They built up the area too much and took huge areas away from nature to build luxury villas for wealthy families moving here from Budapest. Unfortunately, very few houses have remained in their original form, but at least they are taken care of. Well, despite the little inconvenience, I spent a beautiful day in this countryside.
Elderberry and white acacia are now in bloom. I have been looking forward to this period! I took from them with a big bag and made a fragrant-aromatic syrup out of them at home.
The wild rose is also in bloom, its petals are also edible, but I did not take from it because it is very vulnerable. And it's too beautiful to take off.
The red poppies are also opening now. On this specimen, a tiny grasshopper rests.
Nadap can already be seen nicely from the top of the quarry. The silvery vegetation between the two hills is nothing more than a non-native "silverberry tree" spreading aggressively.
In the embrace of green forests
The walls of the quarry witness to 300 million years.
The Catholic church of Nadap
Vineyards and the Gerecse mountains in the distance
To be continued!
