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Hungarian weather man illustrates winds with fart ...
Presumably, it was intended to be funny. Well, it is just embarrassing. I do not want to bore you with the details of the Hungarian home politics, but it is worth noting that TV2 is one of the two leading commercial channels in Hungary, which was bought by the well known film producer Andy Vajna […]
Early spring at Lake Pécs, Orfű (with image galler
Earlier I posted two professional pictures of Lake Pécs (some say Lake Orfű). Ferenc Kálmándy’s photos were taken in autumn and captured the mystic aura of the lake. Last week I went to the lake with my extended family. We had lunch at Muskatli Restaurant (it is said to the one of the best restaurants […]
Strolling at Naschmarkt of Vienna (with image gall...
If you want to get the real taste of the Austrian capital, spend a couple of hours at this open air market. We did it.
Sunset in Hortobagy
Professional photographer Zsolt Czegledi took this photo on 27 February 2016. In the picture you can see a shadoof („Gémeskút” in Hungarian) in Hortobágy at sunset. Hortobágy is a huge, romantic flatland in East Hungary, one of the national symbols. This flatland with its fauna and flora is called „puszta”. It was the first national […]
The bear and its shadow
According to the Hungarian traditions the bear can predict when the winter ends. February 2 is the day of bear watching. People believe that this day the hibernating bear comes out of its cave to check the weather. If it is sunny, and the bear sees its own shadow, it means the winter is going […]
Harry Houdini Exhibition in Budapest
27 meters under the ice, in swimming trunks
It could even be a new extreme sport. On 24 January, László Bajza swam 27 meters under the ice of Kavicsos Lake in Mezőkövesd, Eastern Hungary. The 41 years old man – who is a professional diver at the fire department – wore only swimming trunks in the water. Bajza is a real Iron Man. […]
Commemorating the liberation of Budapest Ghetto
It is 72 years since the soviet troops liberated the ghetto of Budapest where 70 thousand Jews were living in horrible conditions. Many of them had died of starvation, freezing cold and illnesses, the dead were lying on the streets unburied. The ghetto in the old Jewish quarter was established 29 November 1944 by the […]