I guess the best view to Budapest is from the Gellért hill. Ok some says its from the Margit bridge but I vote for the Gellért hill version:) In the few next posts I will show you some photos taken from there. Here you can see the white Erzsébet (Elizabeth) bridge…then right the next is the Lánchíd (Chainbridge) and in the background you can see a little the building of the parliament.
This lamp is standing right outside the Comedy Theatre of Budapest, I wonder how long they took to design something like this…Here’s how the front detail looks like;)
I posted about the castle before but you might be interested in a total view from Pest:)
A Neo-Renaissance architecture and it’s certainly very beautiful…This theater was hit by a bomb in 1945, but it continued to play to packed houses after it was rebuilt in 1951. In 1961, the Vígszínház was given back its legendary name. I wish one day, I’ll have a chance to experience one of the theatrical performances such as a comedy in this theatre here whose name has become synonymous with first-class entertainment and legendary productions.
One day is sunny and then the other one foggy. Our days are like this here in February. If it remains like this for years I guess we will have to change the typical winter photos in calendars for February. This photo is just a random shot on the road under the Freedom Bridge while I was driving. A little moment of a busy city:)
Even this place looks amazing to me….need I say more?
Ok…I know…its hard to prounance. And maybe even some charaters of its name dont appear on your PC. But anyway….isnt it beautiful?:) The southest bridge of Budapest.
It is like a banner, but it’s the signage of this coffee bean and drinks stall at the Lurdy Mall. I was surprised to find the same kind of canned drinks that was available also in Singapore. You can see those white cans of drinks, some Aloe Vera flavoured drinks..if i remembered well, it’s the POKKA brand:)
What a huge change within less then one hour. I saw this idea on Ann’s Sochi daily photo site (thanks Ann!):) and I decided to creat a Budapest version. I knew about this live public webcam before and I googled it. You can see the reference on the photo (www.irisz.hu). And since I caught the webcam at the time of sunset I decided to give some dynamics to it. So here are three snapshots edited together giving you an impression how the evening arrives to Budapest.:)
Arouse their curiosity:) – this is a Van Gogh promotional exhibit in the MOM “Park”, MOM Park is actually like a shopping mall. Today I still find this photo beautiful with two boys now, and hope it fascinates you as much as it does to me:)
This is not in Budapest but very Hungarian. The busójárás. Wikipedia says:
The Busójárás is an annual carnival celebration of the sokci (Croatians) living in the town of Mohács in February. Busójárás lasts six days, usually during February.
Locals originating the Carnival from two similar, but different legends.
According to the more popular legend, during the Turkish occupation of the territory, the people of Mohács fled the town, and moved into the nearby swamps and woods, to avoid Ottoman (Turkish) troops. One night, while sitting and talking around the fire, suddenly an old Sokci man appeared from nowhere, and said the following to them: “Don’t be afraid, your lives will turn to good soon, and you’ll return to your homes. For that time, prepare for the battle, and carve various weapons and scary masks for yourselves, and wait for a stormy night when a masked knight will arrive to you.”, then disappeared the same way, as he come. The refugees followed his order. Some days later, on a stormy night the knight arrived. He ordered them to put up their masks and go back to Mohács, while making as much noise as possible. They followed his lead. The Turks were so frightened from the noise, the masks and the storm in the night, that they thought that eventually demons had attacked them, and ran away from the town before sunrise.
The other, less popular legend is similar to the previous, but in this case, instead of the Turkish army, the winter had been scared away.
Whatever is the truth, the locals are celebrating the Busójárás in early February every year ever since, with “guest Busó teams” from mainly Serbia (local Sokci) and also from Poland.
I saw busójárás often in my childhood because I used to live in Mohács. And though I was very young (3 years old) I remember very well this special event.