Elizabeth Empress of Austria, was married to the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph. Too much of a private person to enjoy court life she stayed away as much as possible. She had a fondness for Hungary and spoke the language fluently. She was influential in the re-establishment of the Hungarian constitution which led to the Austrian Empire becoming the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary. Clearly her feelings for the Hungarian people were reciprocated, as an area in Budapest, Erzsebetvaros [Elizabethville], part of the old Jewish quarter, has been named after her.
20/6/11 - Budapest
The streets in Erzsebetvaros
have a familiar echo -
monochrome dipped in fierce sunlight -
footsteps, a songbird -
all feels like home
21/6/11 - Neseber, Bulgaria
it gets dark so quickly -
the sun plunges to its next assignment
where it has a pact today
with a meridian, before it shifts its angle,
and begins to turn away
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