The misty morning clouds still rise and give an unreal, mystic look to the landscape when the photographer's late train (3555 to Kleinreifling, a defect locomotive had to be replaced) reaches the divergence of the Gesäuse (travelled) and Pyhrn (pictured) lines; 18.09.2004.
 'Óperencia' is a Hungarian word with the same mythical beyond-the-western-horizon meaning as 'Avalon' in English - the word derives from "Oberenz", the Middle Age name of this region - the Upper Enns valley. Our world has shrunk...

Photo by Dániel Kemény
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