June 18, 2014 Live from the road

Tótvázsony - Zirc

Reported by Dipavajan Renner 73.0 km

Good morning Tótvázsony!

..a sunny day as we ran into the village...

...the mayor received the torch...

Thank you for the great start!

We reached lake Balaton, a real pearl in Hungary!

Balatonfüred gave us an enthusiastic welcome!

The kids performed for us very nicely - modern and traditional dancing.

The deputy mayor welcomed the runners and passed the torch to the children...

Thank you for the great meeting!

In the footsteps of Rabindranath Tagore - a group picture at the statue of the Indian Nobel Laureate.

Local runners carried the torch out of Balatonfüred...

The Hungarian Peace Run Team Bus - a real legend!

As we reached Felsőörs, the mayor joined us and carried the torch into the village.

The deputy mayor welcomed our runners with an excellent speach.

Thank you Felsőörs for the hospitality!

a final picture at the city sign...

...the blossoming Lavender turns the countryside purple...

Veszprém from it's best side: a huge group of runners joined in...

...and more are waiting...

...we reached the sport stadium of Veszprém...

...one final lap...

Dancing for a welcome...

The deputy mayor of Veszprém received the torch...

...and passed it on to the kids...

..kids like to be on TV...

Thank you for the welcome!

as we reached Zirc, a group of runners and cyclists awaited us.

Together we reached Zirc...

Thank you for joining us!

Torch carried by
Adam Studenik (Slovakia), Danica Cernakova (Slovakia), Dipavajan Renner (Austria), Dragan Nikolic (Serbia), Endre Olah (Hungary), Hungarian Runners (Hungary), Irena Majerová (Czech Republic), Layamut Tehrani (Iran), Ondřej Mocný (Czech Republic), Salil Wilson (Australia), Thomas Strohn (Germany), Zuzana Klásková (Czech Republic).  
Photographers
Dipavajan Renner, Irena Majerová, Kuladhara Cimmer
The torch has travelled 73.0 km from Tótvázsony to Zirc.

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