20th of August is the “birthday” of Hungary. These guys on the photo are the members of the Crown Guard.
Celebrating our National Day
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Monthly Archives: August 2010
SUGAR!
Zannnie is eating an elephant at the SUGAR! This place is really amazing Zannnie calls is “willywonka world”!:) See more here.
Street scene
Afternoon scene right before a huge storm in the Király utca. Suddenly the sky became dark like at night and we experienced a huge storm. In the northern part of the country there was a tornado that we have never seen before.
Szimpla
I guess Szimpla is one of the most famous ruin-pub in Budapest. Actually there are two Szimplas. One is this at the Kazinczy street and a smaller one is in the Kertész street. Both of them are in the VIIth district. The photo was taken by Anikó Katona.
Public clock
Public clock at the building of the Hungarian Radio. It was early morning just right before 6 am.
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Two tailed dog party
We will have local elections in October in Budapest. There is a funny party (just like in Iceland) called Two Tailed Dog Party that made funny gerilla campaigns in public places before and now they officially registered to the elections. Their messages:
“Forever life + 20 years”
“No need to work, but you will get money”
“Forever life, free beers, decreasing taxes”
And you know, the funny is that their campaign messages do not differ too much from the campaign of “serious”, “real” political parties.
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Menza Restaurant
Yesterday we had a dinner at Menza Restaurant celebrating Zannnie’s birthday. Menza is one of the famous restaurants of the Liszt Ferenc square. Menza has a retro style (the word menza refers to the school canteen) but I found it rather modern then restro. Anyway the food is great and they have some really school canteen type of food too. For example “tojásos nokedli”.:)
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Motorbikes
We saw these motorbikes marching in the downtown of Budapest a couple of days ago. With some retouch I tried to create a mad max mood around them:)
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Noise
The disadvantage of living in the downtown is the never ending noise. This morning we got a shock listening to these construction workers.
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Hungarian Disability Caucus
Yesterday I attended a conference where the Hungarian Disability Caucus launched a 250 pages shadow report on the implementation of the UN Disability Convention in Hungary. The strange (funny or scandalous) is that the shadow reports are usually following the official ones. But the Hungarian government has failed to publish any reports on the disability issues. So this time the “shadow was faster than the object” itself. Isn’t it a miracle? In Hungary it isn’t. Have your country signed the UN Disability Convention? How do disabled people live in your country?
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Hop on- hop off
I guess you can find these sightseeing buses everywhere in large cities. When we were in Madrid we used them last year and I always can see them in Budapest, too. I find them practical since you can stop anywhere and later you can continue your route without knowing the city well.
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