tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50075734141913234302024-02-19T08:26:45.048+01:00Budapest nativeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007573414191323430.post-6287590464925541332009-06-09T14:44:00.004+02:002009-06-09T15:18:44.905+02:00Vegetarian places in Budapestnot always easy to be a vegetarian, especially when you travel in some eastern european countries. actually you are really lucky with budapest, it's not that eastern in the vegetarian line (:<br /><br />my favourite place is the "<span style="font-weight: bold;">Lébár</span>" (juicebar), they offer very cheap and good vegan food and fresh juices <a href="http://href.hu/x/97bb">here </a>(Múzeum körút). good option for those who can't eat sugar or flour, too, they have very clever cakes and pastries. often you can find the vegetarian version of some hungarian dish like paprikás krumpli (paprika potatoes), gulyásleves (goulash soup) or jókai bableves (bean soup).<br />they are open every weekday between 10 and 18. it's very small place. next to it you can find the best organic shop in the country (in my opinion), with fresh fruits and vegetables also.<br /><br />my second favourite place is the hummus bar, they serve delicious israelian veggie food like hummus and falafel. you can buy falafel everywhere in the city, but this is the only place where it's actually good. they have more restaurants. the nicest one is at the Kertész utca 39, <a href="http://href.hu/x/97ba">here</a>.<br />the <a href="http://href.hu/x/97b8">other location</a> serves the same food, but the place is not that lovely (Alkotmány u. 20.).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.exoticjourneys.eu/images/hungary/food/hummus_bar_budapest.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://www.exoticjourneys.eu/images/hungary/food/hummus_bar_budapest.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />a nice option can be the belgian fries: the place is called Pár Perc Krumpli (some minutes of potato), they offer nice fries, many kinds of sauces and some vegetarian burgers. they also have more shops:<br /><a href="http://href.hu/x/97b6">Ráday u. 1-3</a><br /><a href="http://href.hu/x/97b7">Móricz Zs. körút 2.</a><br /><br />at these places you can get filled by 2-3 euros, i don't really go to more expensive restaurants. you can always find something vegetarian at the turkish buffets (we have many). a good one is near the Nyugati train station, called <a href="http://href.hu/x/97bc">Szeráj</a>. their aubergine and spinach in joghurt is great.<br /><br />I never tried, but looks nice the <a href="http://href.hu/x/97bf">biodarshan </a>vegetarian shop and restaurant.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.biodarshan.hu/images/marquee/n043bdw13.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 383px; height: 254px;" src="http://www.biodarshan.hu/images/marquee/n043bdw13.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />there are some other options as well, but i should test them first. if you want to try something hungarian but veggie, there's the főzelék (made of any kind of vegetable, can't really explain, so check out the <a href="http://images.google.hu/images?q=f%C5%91zel%C3%A9k&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=hu&tab=wi">pictures</a>). if you want to try the higher class version, the<a href="http://www.standbistro.hu/"> stand bistro</a> is told to be good and cheap (4 eur) at lucnhtime. then there's lecsó (it can contain meat, ask about it before ordering), it's similar to the ratatouille, perfect summer food. and you can try some typical hungarian pastas, like túrós csusza (with cottage cheese, ask without bacon), mákos tészta (with poppy seed, it's sweet), káposztás tészta (with cabbage - it can be sweet and salty as well), etc. you will love túrógombóc, if it's made in a good way. in the restaurants they usually serve it as dessert, but at home you would eat it as a main dish. i prefer with sugar and tejföl (sour creme). and you can't miss lángos of course, but be prepared to something very heavy and oily (or greasy). best with tejföl and cheese, or just simply with some garlic. you can find it quite cheap at the <a href="http://bpnative.blogspot.com/2007/05/central-market.html">central market</a>. ok, i'll come up with more ideas later. ask anything in the comments.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007573414191323430.post-31822331863878529052008-07-19T20:03:00.004+02:002008-07-20T18:10:02.169+02:00rent a bikebecause it's the most trendy way to go from A to B in these day in budapest. although, there aren't many bicycle path and also the cars drivers not very ... hm, like the germans, you know. let's say they are like the italians without a smile. BUT! dare to hop one a bike, the layout of the city is perfectly designed for two wheels. ok, expect the castle hill.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pusztafia/1452039765/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mwGjYEvaPLU/SINjLR291GI/AAAAAAAADr8/ij-0OBcUMvo/s400/rentacm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225129038103565410" border="0" /></a><br />so, i collected, what i found about the rental companies.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">budapestbike </span>(<a href="http://www.budapestbike.hu/">budapestbike.hu</a>)<br />address: VII. Wesselényi u. 18.<br />prices:<br /><ul><li>six hours: 2000 huf, </li><li>one day: 3000 huf</li><li>two days: 5000 huf</li></ul>they have tandems, and the prices include the helmet, chain and lock.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">bikebase </span>(<a href="http://www.bikebase.hu/">bikebase.hu</a>)<br />address: VI. Podmaniczky utca 19.<br />prices:<br /><ul><li>24 hours: 2000 huf</li><li>48 hours: 3500 huf</li></ul>need to present (not as deposit) an ID or passport. provide panniers and tool kit.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lowe Alpine </span>(<a href="http://www.lowealpine.hu/bemutatkozas/?c2_7_goarticle=1629">lowealpine.hu</a>)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.lowealpine.hu/moduledata/foldertree/treeroot/Image_gallery/KEREKPAR/kolcsonzos_kerekparok_001_kis.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.lowealpine.hu/moduledata/foldertree/treeroot/Image_gallery/KEREKPAR/kolcsonzos_kerekparok_001_kis.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />address: VI. Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út 17.<br />prices:<br /><ul><li>5 hours: 1500 huf</li><li>24 hours: 3500 huf</li><li>36 hours: 4500 huf<br /></li><li>48 hours: 5500 huf</li></ul>it includes padlock, carrier and helmet. 15000 huf or 50 eur deposit needed.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">bajnok (champion)</span> (<a href="http://hercehurca.hu/node/382">hercehurca.hu/node/382</a>)<br />address: VI. Bajnok utca 29.<br />prices:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.lowealpine.hu/moduledata/foldertree/treeroot/Image_gallery/KEREKPAR/kolcsonzos_kerekparok_001_kis.jpg"></a><ul><li>24 hours: 2500 huf<br /></li><li>48 hours: 4000 huf<br /></li><li>a week: 10000 huf</li></ul>actually, they are a messenger company and a service, so probably they have the best bikes.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">yellow zebra</span> (<a href="http://www.yellowzebrabikes.com/">yellowzebrabikes.com</a>)<br />address: V. Sütõ utca 2. and VI. Lázár utca 16.<br />prices:<br /><ul><li>a day: 2000 huf<br /></li><li>24 hours: 3000 huf<br /></li><li>36 hours: 4000 huf<br /></li><li>48 hours: 5000 huf</li></ul>basket, lock and helmet included. you can rent lots of other equipments. deposit needed (50 or 100 eur).Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007573414191323430.post-80531548547915312382008-06-25T14:37:00.006+02:002008-06-26T22:10:35.861+02:00festivals in hungary: cozy onesjust after the bigger ones, there are three quite similar happening in the three corners of the country. if you are around hop in. they are more familiar, people are more opened for new connections, beer is much cheeper, ticket prices are lower (a daily is around 20 euros). in the north-east corner, the capital of the famous wine region, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=hu&geocode=&q=tokaj,+rakamaz&sll=46.884835,17.683182&sspn=0.103715,0.21286&ie=UTF8&ll=48.131038,21.413105&spn=0.00633,0.013304&z=16&iwloc=addr">Tokaj </a>has the <span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.hegyaljafestival.hu/index_eng.php"><span style="font-weight: bold;">hegyalja festival</span></a></span>. the main attractions are Katatonia, Juliette & The Licks, Adam Freeland and N.O.H.A.. four days, 9th-13th of July.<br />on the west side has another on the coast of the big lake Balaton, but it's on the north side in the youth camp of <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=hu&geocode=&q=z%C3%A1nka&sll=47.498403,19.040759&sspn=0.41009,0.85144&ie=UTF8&ll=46.884835,17.683182&spn=0.103715,0.21286&z=12&iwloc=addr">Zánka</a>. the <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><a href="http://www.balatonefestival.hu/index_eng.php">balatone</a></span> advertises itself with RZA from the wu tang clan, beatsteaks and the real mckenzies. 24th-27th of July.<br />the third is in <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=hu&geocode=&q=szeged&ie=UTF8&ll=46.302355,20.144806&spn=0.419344,0.85144&z=10&iwloc=addr">Szeged</a>, next to the serbian-romanian border. <span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.szin.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=4&Itemid=3">szin</a> <span style="font-weight: bold;">- </span></span>youth days of szeged - is the oldest music festival in hungary held since the '60s. this year, you can have joy with Morcheeba and <a href="http://www.last.fm/event/585264">several</a> hungarians. at the end of the summer, 27th-30th of August.<br /><br />and one more, a unique one. it's more an open air goa party, but for four days, 6th-10th of August. the <span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.ozorafest.hu/">ozora </a></span>located in the middle of the <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=hu&geocode=&q=ozora&sll=47.498403,19.040759&sspn=0.41009,0.85144&ie=UTF8&ll=46.777493,18.398666&spn=0.207845,0.42572&z=11">country</a>, in a hilly region, just in the nature.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007573414191323430.post-77558180836024503072008-06-24T00:26:00.005+02:002008-06-24T11:20:04.618+02:00not too late for festivalsalthough, there's one within a week. yeek, that means it's really summertime. you don't need to stuck in 36 celsius in the city. i mean, you have to come here to see the pool above the Gödör club and drink some bottles of beer in the park or just to see the panorama from the fishermen's bastion. but, maybe, in the summertime you would prefer the festivals. let me introduce some.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">the big ones.</span><br />first of all, the <span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.sziget.hu/festival_english">sziget</a></span> at the beginning of august (12-18). the biggest name from hungary in this scene. it's really a huge happening on an island, not very far from the downtown of budapest. so you can even stay in a tent or in a hostel in the city. on <a href="http://www.last.fm/event/511208">last.fm</a>, you can see a quite long list with the performing artists. but the festival last for six (plus two pre) days.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://flickr.com/photos/serif/82259211/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/38/82259211_b74e192b11.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />if you buy the tickets (<a href="http://www.sziget.hu/festival_english/ticket/ticketprice/">online</a>) a daily one is 32 euros, the weekly ones are for 120 (without camping) and 150 euros. cheaper than roskilde, hm?<br /><br /><br />second is <span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/voltfestival"><span style="font-weight: bold;">volt</span></a></span> (2-5 july <span style="font-weight: bold;">!</span>). right next to austria, and not very far from bratislava. so you can use those airports and probably it's way easier to get an international ticket to those capitals. and the lineup: manu chao, the offspring, cypress hill, exploited. four days for 60 euros if you buy it in advance (70 at place). daily ticket is 24 (28) euros.<br /><br />the electronic one is the <span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.myspace.com/balatonsound">balaton sound</a></span> (10-13 july) with massive attack, fatboy slim, goldfrapp and many hungarians, of course. the <a href="http://www.sziget.hu/balatonsound/info/terkep/">place </a>is just next to the lake balaton, you can swim in it. best for the hot summertime with bit of hangover. tickets for 28 (36) euros and passes for 70 (85) euros.<br /><br />there'll be a next post with the cozy, smaller fests. i just need some sleep now. cheers.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007573414191323430.post-57936625834690389002008-06-16T10:55:00.002+02:002008-06-16T11:24:21.016+02:00special events on 21st of Juneas it was like last year this day also celebrates the <a href="http://bpnative.blogspot.com/2007/06/night-of-museums.html">night of museums</a>. there still isn't an english <a href="http://www.muzeumokejszakaja.hu/me.php">official page</a>. as i know, the ticket is 1200 huf (5 euros) and it's valid to all the museums. the shows start during the afternoon and end late night after midnight, but it depends on the institutions. you can grab a free program list from cinemas or cafes, there's a big EXIT sign on the front page. whatever.<br /><br />there are two more events, more self-organized. the bicycle messengers do the traditional yearly war in the downtown. you know, that game where everybody has a number on his/her forehead and has to hide it from the opposite team. protect your flag, read as much enemy number as you can and run. or ride, because you have the bike. according to their <a href="http://alleycat.hu/blog/20080602/szamhaboru-beharangozo">weblog</a>, the meeting is at 3 pm on the <a href="http://velodrom.hu/wiki/doku.php/a_palya">birthplace </a>of the hungarian cycling sport.<br />probably you don't have a bike. you can find some rent a bike on the bottom of <a href="http://bicikli.lap.hu/">this page</a>, under the <span style="font-style: italic;">kerékpárkölcsönzés</span> title.<br /><br />and the other is also a battle. like in the medieval times, one team has the castle and the other's attacking. a bit like hide and seek and the other catch game we all played in elementary. the attackers have to take their flags to some determinated places without catching them by the others. you have red or blue ribbon and have to give it to the other, if you get catched - and they've got a point. the meeting is at 7 pm, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=hu&msa=0&msid=101494137825686043942.00000112b3bd4ea5f8371&ll=47.505142,19.019737&spn=0.012785,0.043259&t=h&z=15&iwloc=00044fc52ad9e2c7927b1">here </a>(Vérmező park, Moszkva tér side). and a <a href="http://negyedikkoztarsasag.hu/akciok/18">link</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007573414191323430.post-44671691639668733912008-02-14T00:14:00.002+01:002008-02-14T00:21:18.886+01:00Wanna see a true Hungarian demonstration?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJ_dY6ghUmdf3rDkdGS4mJoYumA9hnwwPQkPEZ92Oksi7I6A4hMjZEUczhhEl_2OEEgu3N7nRjkRynS-QF21Sed5bwyQa3pnJ7BBPCMAW0XRdagyDHmcnMrd86KqNN6jM2zSyL9kPp0L2/s1600-h/stopsmog_0_tn.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJ_dY6ghUmdf3rDkdGS4mJoYumA9hnwwPQkPEZ92Oksi7I6A4hMjZEUczhhEl_2OEEgu3N7nRjkRynS-QF21Sed5bwyQa3pnJ7BBPCMAW0XRdagyDHmcnMrd86KqNN6jM2zSyL9kPp0L2/s200/stopsmog_0_tn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166608845306622610" border="0" /></a><br />Then go to the Astoria this Sunday at 2 pm. Preferably on your feet. Cause it will be a demonstration for the fresh air, against the pollution of the air. We want the politicians to make some changes. We have the examples from abroad that it's possible.<br />And you can see all the underground faces of the city there, maybe getting some party-tips as well, or just be there for our beautiful city. Help us to change! Please. It's in the touristic area, anyway.<br /><br />When? <span style="font-weight: bold;">17th of February, Sunday, 14:00</span><br />Where? <span style="font-weight: bold;">Astoria</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007573414191323430.post-51100904368464089952008-02-06T21:34:00.000+01:002008-02-06T21:53:38.016+01:00The gluttony thursdaytomorrow, (06. february) is the day for going to restaurant. before the easter fast you can fill your stomach with delicious dishes for half price. there are 1068 restaurant giving 50% discount from the meals all over hungary. this promotion is valid for the 'a la carte' meals or the special menus composed for this occasion.<br />here's the <a href="http://www.menjunkenni.hu/ettermi_lista2.htm">list </a>with the places participating. there's also a <a href="http://www.menjunkenni.hu/index.html">hompage</a>, but it's only in hungarian.<br />egészségedre!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007573414191323430.post-58867568586989036472008-01-25T17:57:00.000+01:002008-01-25T18:28:32.119+01:00central market strikes backonce, there was a post about the <a href="http://bpnative.blogspot.com/2007/05/central-market.html">central market</a> on the fővám tér. don't want to replicate myself or something like that, just to add some fresh photos. i won't describe them, come and discover it (sure, i'll tell you more about it, just ask me in e-mail).<br />it's lovely, believe your eyes.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwGjYEvaPLU/R5obo1lN_SI/AAAAAAAADXQ/IRmMgIXFQ8o/s1600-h/IMG_0321.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwGjYEvaPLU/R5obo1lN_SI/AAAAAAAADXQ/IRmMgIXFQ8o/s320/IMG_0321.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159466711498226978" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwGjYEvaPLU/R5obpFlN_TI/AAAAAAAADXY/a7J6VYSa8-4/s1600-h/IMG_0323.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwGjYEvaPLU/R5obpFlN_TI/AAAAAAAADXY/a7J6VYSa8-4/s320/IMG_0323.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159466715793194290" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwGjYEvaPLU/R5obpVlN_UI/AAAAAAAADXg/kkRwprFwJfo/s1600-h/IMG_0325.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwGjYEvaPLU/R5obpVlN_UI/AAAAAAAADXg/kkRwprFwJfo/s320/IMG_0325.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159466720088161602" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwGjYEvaPLU/R5obpllN_VI/AAAAAAAADXo/Dp4Fx9cuCBU/s1600-h/IMG_0327.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwGjYEvaPLU/R5obpllN_VI/AAAAAAAADXo/Dp4Fx9cuCBU/s320/IMG_0327.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159466724383128914" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwGjYEvaPLU/R5obpllN_WI/AAAAAAAADXw/JmRTF7YYBlE/s1600-h/IMG_0330.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwGjYEvaPLU/R5obpllN_WI/AAAAAAAADXw/JmRTF7YYBlE/s320/IMG_0330.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159466724383128930" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwGjYEvaPLU/R5ob31lN_XI/AAAAAAAADX4/b-KkFeKyE8w/s1600-h/IMG_0331.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwGjYEvaPLU/R5ob31lN_XI/AAAAAAAADX4/b-KkFeKyE8w/s320/IMG_0331.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159466969196264818" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwGjYEvaPLU/R5ob4FlN_YI/AAAAAAAADYA/tuXl__EyWC8/s1600-h/IMG_0335.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwGjYEvaPLU/R5ob4FlN_YI/AAAAAAAADYA/tuXl__EyWC8/s320/IMG_0335.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159466973491232130" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwGjYEvaPLU/R5ob4VlN_ZI/AAAAAAAADYI/OR2InmYtfwY/s1600-h/IMG_0336.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwGjYEvaPLU/R5ob4VlN_ZI/AAAAAAAADYI/OR2InmYtfwY/s320/IMG_0336.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159466977786199442" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007573414191323430.post-91950486580534598172008-01-21T23:10:00.000+01:002008-01-22T11:58:36.203+01:00skating in the city park<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwGjYEvaPLU/R5Ue6rsV14I/AAAAAAAADU4/o3czPt6ePL8/s1600-h/mujegpalya.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwGjYEvaPLU/R5Ue6rsV14I/AAAAAAAADU4/o3czPt6ePL8/s200/mujegpalya.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158062941732722562" border="0" /></a><br />january is the coldest month in hungary. but in the past few years the weather doesn't know anything about this, so it was 17 celsius yesterday in <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=hu&time=&date=&ttype=&q=Szentgotth%C3%A1rd,+Magyarorsz%C3%A1g&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=0,46.952753,16.273722&ll=47.428087,18.424072&spn=3.240613,11.074219&z=7&iwloc=addr&om=0">Szentgotthárd</a>. in my opinion it's the best time for skating: you can do it in a sweater without a jacket and any risk of colds. so let's skate on central europe's biggest outdoor skate-rink in the city park of budapest. just behind the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes%27_Square_%28Budapest%29">heroes square</a>, next to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajdahunyad_Castle">castle of vajdahunyad</a> facing with the attendant hall built in 1894. yeah, it's really budapestic, should try it. but be careful, the ice can be wet in these hot days, so don't fall.<br /><br />there's a shop right next to the entrance, where you can buy or rent skates. the rental fee is 600 huf (2,4 euros) per hour. if you rent, during your fun times you have to leave your id card or 15 000 huf at the shop as a deposit.<br /><br />it's <span style="font-style: italic;">open </span>two times a day: 9 am-1 pm and 4 pm-8 pm.<br />the <span style="font-style: italic;">entrance fee</span> depends on when you go, but it's either 700 huf (2,7 euros) or 970 huf (3,8 euros)<br />there's a <span style="font-style: italic;">website </span>(<a href="http://mujegpalya.hu/aktualitasok.php?nyelv=en">www.mujegpalya.hu</a>), with more information.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">address</span>: 1046, Olof Palme sétány 5. you can get there buy the #1 metro line, bus #30, #4 and some of the trolley bus lines. heroes square is a big junction, you can't miss it. (but of course, here's the <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&om=1&msa=0&msid=101494137825686043942.00000112b3bd4ea5f8371&ll=47.515766,19.078799&spn=0.003196,0.010815&t=h&z=17&iwloc=000444433a64cc564a3c5">map</a>)<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />the picture is from <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29084283@N00/110862004/">anundrum</a>.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007573414191323430.post-9169335478116154702008-01-18T20:40:00.000+01:002008-01-18T21:40:11.217+01:00A La Galette crèperie<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/111/294028742_4c2af47935_m.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/111/294028742_4c2af47935_m.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>If you are fed up with all these yammy but greasy Hungarian specialities, you might have some French ones. All right, at A La Galette you can't get anything for 130 huf like at the <a href="http://bpnative.blogspot.com/2008/01/eat-out-cheap-dirty-but-typical.html">Fakanál</a>, but it's still affordable. Close to the Nyugati trainstation you can find a sweet Breton restaurant mostly with fabulous galettes and crèpes. A very nice French couple runs the place, the husband cooks, the wife serves the food. The most simple courses start at around 600 huf (2,4 eur) and the most complicated ones end up at around 2.500 huf (10 eur). And you can drink cidre, what you rarely find in Hungary.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The colours are blue and white, some kind of marine-style, all this and the perfect lights make a very pleasant atmosphere. We as university students are so used to the fast food restaurants, that for the first moment it was a surprising gesture to get water in nice glasses without asking. You know, everything is different at the Chinese (:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The address:</span> Szondi utca 11, 6th district (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&om=1&msa=0&msid=101494137825686043942.00000112b3bd4ea5f8371&ll=47.508632,19.060609&spn=0.001681,0.003862&t=h&z=18&iwloc=000444051831194a75d65">map</a>)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Opening hours:</span> Tuesday to Saturday, 11am to 11pm; Sunday 11am to 3pm<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">You can get here by</span>: tram #4,6 (stop: Oktogon or Nyugati tér), metro 1 (Oktogon) or metro 3 (Nyugati tér)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">For the photo thanks to roboppy on flickr.</span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007573414191323430.post-37263619587949404642008-01-16T13:34:00.000+01:002008-01-18T22:13:06.870+01:00eat out: cheap, dirty but typicali work in a hostel as a recepcionist, and lots of guests ask me about the typical local meals. usually they want to get it from a restaurant and usually (because it's a hostel not a boscolo hotel) they want it for a reasonable price. the answer is <span style="font-style: italic;">fakanál ételbár (the wooden spoon foodbar)</span>. i don't want to make false dreams to you, it's a real chop-house. i never saw anybody, who's not a student or a phisical labor as a customer. or sometimes some brave turists with cameras in the corner. plastik chocked covers on the metal tables, almost rusty plates for the soups and a collection of more than a hundred differtent plates for the meals. it's in a cellar and there's semidarkness, steam and hot.<br />there's a menu on the wall, i hasn't changed i guess since it was opened. also the mom of the canteen is the same with that rusty voice on which she shouts the order to the kitchen.<br />i'm not a gastroblogger typed, so don't ask me about it. i just can tell, it's one of the only places, where you can eat a meal like they do it at home.<br />found some prices:<br />clear soup (130HUF ~ 0,50 euro)<br />gulyás soup with beans (300HUF ~ 1,20 euro) - yee, the GOULASH!<br />macaroni (320HUF ~ 1,25 euro )<br /><br />address: Fakanál ételbár, 1081, Baross utca 15. (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&om=1&msa=0&msid=101494137825686043942.00000112b3bd4ea5f8371&ll=47.489489,19.06505&spn=0.001599,0.003648&t=k&z=18&iwloc=000443d6b5d8fff563c4d">map</a>)<br />opening hours (i think): from 11:00 or 12:00 to 15:00 on every weekday.<br /><br />i'll try to get some photos, promise.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007573414191323430.post-69684608124023109812008-01-15T01:16:00.000+01:002008-01-15T11:06:09.443+01:00Esclin Syndo in Kultiplex<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.filmkultura.hu/2006/gallery/images/mozineon/kultiplex/01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.filmkultura.hu/2006/gallery/images/mozineon/kultiplex/01.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />yeeey, we are back. for a bit. i hope.<br /><br />i'm here to recommend you a concert and of course, the place where it'll be.<br />the band is Esclin Syndo. not the most famous one, not in the whole world, and also not in hungary. so they are quite friendly, maybe you can play <span style="font-style: italic;">csocsó</span> (table soccer) with them after the gig. the style according to their hompage is <span style="font-style: italic;">quality music, '80s electronics, metal riffs, hip-hop drums, a charing voice, experiment</span>. probably they won't get a bigger audience than hundred people, but it's going to be one and a half hour stomp. i choosed them, because they are a kind of unique thing from hungary: great music.<br />yep, and a place is also great, alternative snug. like the well known szimpla. also the base of an art cinema and the headquarter of the first and most known (ex-)pirate radiostation, the <a href="http://tilos.hu/info.php?page_id=inter_english1">tilos</a>. and it's a sad story, because it has to be closed in february due to immovable estate things about the local government. but till that it's the time for loads of free concerts. like the one i told you. remember: kultiplex.<br /><br />and the date is: 15th of february.<br />adress: kultiplex, 1092, <span class="txt">Kinizsi utca 28. (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&om=1&msa=0&msid=101494137825686043942.00000112b3bd4ea5f8371&ll=47.48776,19.065399&spn=0.006394,0.021629&t=h&z=16&iwloc=000443b8299b8a9437f41">map</a>)<br />esclin syndo: <a href="http://www.esclinsyndo.com/">web</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/esclinsyndo">myspace</a><br />kultiplex: <a href="http://www.myspace.com/kultiplex">myspace</a><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007573414191323430.post-5474659168906148962007-09-21T18:38:00.000+02:002007-09-21T19:45:24.290+02:002nd BalkanFestin the west balkan. that's a pub/concert place which has also a garden area. quite nice, and underground with lots of different colours, trust me.<br />and about the festival. on the next weekend for two days this place becomes literatully part of the balkans. there'll be cookings for the afternoon, tables with traditional serbian and turkish dishes (lamb, pjeskavitza, chevapchicha - mmm, yumm). the event starts with a film from slovenia (Cheese and Jam/<a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0333701/"><span class="txt">Kajmak in marmelada</span></a>) followed by concerts by Kobra brass-band, Ajde Braco, Tűzkő Csaba (saxophone) and DJ 300 Karú Cigányzenekar (DJ 300 handed gipsy band).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.abvmob.de/breakout/wp-content/uploads/West_Balkan_logo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.abvmob.de/breakout/wp-content/uploads/West_Balkan_logo.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><table style="width: 100%;" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr id="cinema_header" class="lighorange" style="padding-left: 3px;" onclick="return showHideCreateBox('cinema')"><td style="width: 99%;"><a style="border: medium none ; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.port.hu/pls/fe/festival.festival_page?i_festival_id=1949#"><span id="cinema_image_content" style="background-position: center; background-repeat: no-repeat; height: 12px; width: 12px; padding-right: 20px; background-image: url(/cc/minus.gif);"></span></a><a name="cinema_content"></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cinema</span>:</td></tr><tr> <td> <table id="cinema_box" style="width: 100%;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr><td class="btxt" style="width: 100%;" colspan="3"><div class="lightgray" style="margin-left: 20px; padding-left: 5px;">September 29., (Saturday) </div></td></tr><tr style="" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#EAEAEA';" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='';"><td class="txt" style="padding-left: 60px;"><br /></td><td style="padding-left: 5px; vertical-align: top; text-align: right;" nowrap="nowrap">20:00</td><td style="width: 99%; padding-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 1px; vertical-align: top;"><span class="btxt">Cheese and Jam <span class="mtxt"><span class="txt"></span></span></span><span class="txt"></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table style="width: 100%;" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr id="concert_header" class="lighorange" style="padding-left: 3px;" onclick="return showHideCreateBox('concert')"><td style="width: 99%;"><a style="border: medium none ; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.port.hu/pls/fe/festival.festival_page?i_festival_id=1949#"><span id="concert_image_content" style="background-position: center; background-repeat: no-repeat; height: 12px; width: 12px; padding-right: 20px; background-image: url(/cc/minus.gif);"> </span></a><a style="font-weight: bold;" name="concert_content"></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Concerts</span>:</td></tr><tr> <td> <table id="concert_box" style="width: 100%;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr><td class="btxt" style="width: 100%;" colspan="3"><div class="lightgray" style="margin-left: 20px; padding-left: 5px;">September 29., (Saturday) </div></td></tr><tr style="" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#EAEAEA';" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='';"><td class="txt" style="padding-left: 60px;"><br /></td><td style="padding-left: 5px; vertical-align: top; text-align: right;" nowrap="nowrap">22:00</td><td style="width: 99%; padding-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 1px; vertical-align: top;"><span class="btxt">Kobra Rezes Fúvós Zenekar</span><span class="txt"></span> </td></tr><tr style="" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#EAEAEA';" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='';"><td class="txt" style="padding-left: 60px;"><br /></td><td style="padding-left: 5px; vertical-align: top; text-align: right;" nowrap="nowrap">0:30</td><td style="width: 99%; padding-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 1px; vertical-align: top;"><span class="btxt">DJ Macsity</span><span class="txt"></span> </td></tr><tr><td class="btxt" style="width: 100%;" colspan="3"><div class="lightgray" style="margin-left: 20px; padding-left: 5px;"> September 30., (Sunday) </div></td></tr><tr style="" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#EAEAEA';" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='';"><td class="txt" style="padding-left: 60px;"><br /></td><td style="padding-left: 5px; vertical-align: top; text-align: right;" nowrap="nowrap">21:00</td><td style="width: 99%; padding-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 1px; vertical-align: top;"><span class="btxt">Ajde Braco concert with Tűzkő Csaba</span><span class="txt"></span> </td></tr><tr style="" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#EAEAEA';" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='';"><td class="txt" style="padding-left: 60px;"><br /></td><td style="padding-left: 5px; vertical-align: top; text-align: right;" nowrap="nowrap">22:30</td><td style="width: 99%; padding-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 1px; vertical-align: top;"><span class="btxt">DJ 300 Karú Cigányzenekar</span><span class="txt"></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table style="width: 100%;" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"> </table> <table style="width: 100%;" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"> </table> <table style="width: 100%;" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"> </table><br />the ticket for Saturday costs 1500 HUF (6 eur), for Sunday 800 HUF (3,2 eur) and for both days 2000 HUF (8 eur). the adress is VIII. district, Futó utca 46. (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=101494137825686043942.00000112b3bd4ea5f8371&ll=47.485777,19.074975&spn=0.001657,0.003862&t=h&z=18&om=1">map</a>). you can get there with the 4-6 tram (Üllői út stop) or by blue metro (Ferenc körút or Klinikák station).Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007573414191323430.post-83976858326019931322007-09-08T10:08:00.000+02:002007-09-10T19:49:58.733+02:00rain is still on - so chocolateas i promised, i will continue the tips for this bad weather. if you are already bored of the tea of the sirius, you should try <span style="font-weight: bold;">noir choco bar</span>. yes, it is what it seems to be, a place full of (belgian) chocolate. you can choose maybe from 50 different hot chocolate, i already tried some of them, and they are hell good. i can't say exact prices, but as i remember a cup of chocolate is around 400-500 forints, so around 2 euros. but totally worth it. of course you can find also tea, coffee, milk shakes, hot cocoa and even alcoholic drinks. and chocolate fondue (!) for 1800 forints.<br />you can also buy many tipes of special chocolate products.<br />the place has beautiful warm colours, funny paintings on the wall, cozy pillows.<br />you can find it on the corner of the hegedű street and the paulay ede street. it's close to the liszt square (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=h&om=1&msa=0&msid=101494137825686043942.00000112b3bd4ea5f8371&ll=47.504011,19.062481&spn=0.003312,0.007725&z=17">map</a>). and it's also on the basement level (:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://imageserver.sunrise.hu/?prj=Sunrise&id=22787"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 189px;" src="http://imageserver.sunrise.hu/?prj=Sunrise&id=22787" alt="" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007573414191323430.post-60166021382509864482007-09-04T15:40:00.000+02:002007-09-08T10:23:49.767+02:00autumn teawell, this weather is awful. you are not so lucky making holidays now in budapest... i help you how to survive. first i recommend you my favourite tea-place. it is called sirius teaház, its <a href="http://www.sirius-se.hu/teahaz/teahaz.php">website </a>is just in hungarian, as always. also not very easy to find it, it's located in a small street, in the basement level, without any well-marked sign. so you have to know the exact adress: 13 Bródy Sándor street, near the national museum (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&om=1&msa=0&msid=101494137825686043942.00000112b3bd4ea5f8371&ll=47.49303,19.064809&spn=0.003124,0.007725&t=h&z=17">map</a>). it's open every day between 12 and 22.<br /><br />the teas are between 420-450 forints (less than 2 euros) for 400 ml, and you can choose from many-many tipes. the best thing of the place is that you can drink your tea in secret corners, in the so-called wardrobe, in the top of everyone, you have to climb, you have to sit on the floor, take off your shoes. the whole place is really cozy, just take a look on every part. you will love it!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://f.freeblog.hu/r/e/l/rellon/files/design/sirius.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://f.freeblog.hu/r/e/l/rellon/files/design/sirius.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007573414191323430.post-44175771666225379992007-09-01T19:56:00.000+02:002007-09-01T20:10:55.330+02:00a cheap movie?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:VkSvV0U4raUSjM:http://www.budapestinfo.hu/noc/photos/Esemenynaptar/moziunneplogo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 137px; height: 139px;" src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:VkSvV0U4raUSjM:http://www.budapestinfo.hu/noc/photos/Esemenynaptar/moziunneplogo.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>yes, it's possible this weekend. i know i tell you a bit late, but until sunday you can go to cinema for 360 forints, which is about 1,40 euros. it is true for almost all of the cinemas in budapest, but hurry up, because sometimes they sell out all the tickets. the event is called celebration of the cinema (moziünnep), and it has an <a href="http://www.moziunnep.hu/">official site</a> just in hungarian.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007573414191323430.post-61617507872069371542007-08-18T00:31:00.000+02:002007-08-18T00:43:29.014+02:00hc campok, we are back. to hungary, but not to the busy workdays. eg. there's a <a href="http://hospitalityclub.org">hospitalityclub</a>/<a href="http://couchsurfing.com">couchsurfing</a> camp happening just right now (16th-20th of August). i've been there on the fist day, so i can tell you some words about the mood. saw friendly people from the czech rep., poland, germany, belgium, but that's not the full list (GO and find the others (; ). about the program: on monday, it's the national holiday in hungary, so there'll be a kind of festival in the village so let's rave! for those, who aren't so culturistics, there is the football match against the neighbouring guys.<br />ok, that's not budapest, that is <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=hu&geocode=&q=s%C3%BAr&sll=47.498403,19.040759&sspn=0.415657,0.98877&ie=UTF8&ll=47.37092,18.032684&spn=0.208334,0.494385&z=11&om=1">Súr</a>. the perfect place if you've been always interested in the small villages that are almost unreachables.<br />here's a <a href="http://hungary-camp.uw.hu/">homepage</a>, you can find some very useful directions. see you there! (GO!)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007573414191323430.post-62078466177876079912007-07-23T23:58:00.000+02:002007-07-23T23:59:49.760+02:00sorry,we are on holidays for a month in portugal, that's why we don't write news. have fun, anyway!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007573414191323430.post-10329379577029812752007-07-10T10:11:00.000+02:002007-07-10T14:14:30.960+02:00music for every nighti would like to teach you a very important word: <span style="font-style: italic;">ingyen</span>. it means <span style="font-style: italic;">for free</span>. the second word would be <span style="font-style: italic;">olcsó</span>. it means <span style="font-style: italic;">cheap</span>. now i will recommend you concerts <span style="font-style: italic;">ingyen </span>or <span style="font-style: italic;">olcsó</span>.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />today, tuesday:</span><br /><br />if you like folk music, but you prefer it for free and in a non-touristical way, you have to go to the <a href="http://potkulcs.hu/">pótkulcs</a> (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=101494137825686043942.00000112b3bd4ea5f8371&om=1&ll=47.51052,19.061794&spn=0.006696,0.014591&t=h&z=16">map</a>), a small, but cozy and warm place, today <a href="http://www.berkoegyuttes.hu/">berkó ensemble</a> is playing, and you can count with dancing! listen to their music on their webpage.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://potkulcs.hu/images/aaaa.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://potkulcs.hu/images/aaaa.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_odRw6nb9bM&mode=related&search=">ian siegal</a> (A) will play also for free at <a href="http://www.godorklub.hu/index_flash.html">gödör klub</a> (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=101494137825686043942.00000112b3bd4ea5f8371&ll=47.498909,19.054713&spn=0.006625,0.01545&amp;amp;amp;amp;t=h&z=16&om=1">map</a>) from 9 pm. he seems to play blues and stuff.<br /><br />i would recommend also <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpqVYvPIv1s">budapest klezmer band</a> at <a href="http://www.viparts.hu/budafest-hilton.html">hilton dominican garden</a>, but it costs 4900 huf (20 euro).<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">tomorrow, wednesday:</span><br /><br />our favourite <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-2h59nITfs">30y</a> will play from 8pm at <a href="http://zp.hu/">zöld pardon</a> (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=101494137825686043942.00000112b3bd4ea5f8371&amp;amp;amp;t=h&om=1&ll=47.47858,19.061623&spn=0.006686,0.014591&z=16">map</a>). the entrance is 100 huf as usually, it really means 0,40 euro. if you wanna know something about hungarian alternative rock, you have to see them. and they are from pécs, the european cultural capital in 2010. that city is better in music than budapest.<br /><br />grab the deck party at <a href="http://www.tuztate.hu/">tűztate</a> (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=101494137825686043942.00000112b3bd4ea5f8371&om=1&ll=47.483148,19.078145&spn=0.0067,0.014591&t=h&z=16">map</a>). i don't know anything about the music, but you have to see the place, it's in a dirty, old factory building and it's very cool. and it's also for free. if you prefer reggea, come here today, monday. love alliance special.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.tuztate.hu/galeria/tuztate%2007-06-15-ig/large/055_resize.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.tuztate.hu/galeria/tuztate%2007-06-15-ig/large/055_resize.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007573414191323430.post-17532529738757720372007-06-29T19:46:00.000+02:002007-06-29T20:51:25.339+02:00bryan adams for free<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.bryanadams.org/gallery/data/media/1/04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.bryanadams.org/gallery/data/media/1/04.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>every year, on the 30th of june, there is a big concert with an international star on the stage - for free, organised by t-mobile. the date is because their phone numbers begin with 06-30. (and hungarians write the dates like this: 2007. 06. 30. we mix up everything, like the names: surname first!)<br />this year that star will be bryan adams, the canadian singer, but i think that who will be the main reason of the crowd is rúzsa magdolna, last year's 'megastar' singer contest's winner. she participated this year in eurovision with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ptlkHcxR_M">this </a>song. i like the most her <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAeYt-swWG0&mode=related&search=">performance </a>with lajkó félix, a genious musician from last summer. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63Czb9v1dE0&mode=related&search=">this </a>one was also amazing, a song from the serbian movie <a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0097223/">'time of the gypsies'</a>. she sings in hungarian and in serbian in this song, too, because she's from serbia's hungarian part.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bitblog.web-cafe.ro/wp-img/2006/05/522769_magdi.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://bitblog.web-cafe.ro/wp-img/2006/05/522769_magdi.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>the technical parts now:<br />the concert begins at 6 pm, and bryan adams probably will be on stage at 8.30.<br />the place is '56-osok tere (square of the 56-ers; <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=101494137825686043942.00000112b3bd4ea5f8371&ll=47.512454,19.081578&spn=0.006638,0.01545&t=h&z=16&om=1">map</a>), you can get here by the yellow (#1) metro. just follow everybody. there will be some changes in the public transport, for example the yellow metro and the trams #1 and #6 will circulate until 00.30. and the crowd will be huge!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007573414191323430.post-65936599418035010962007-06-25T04:20:00.000+02:002007-06-25T04:41:02.050+02:00party people - zöld pardonwhere to party on monday? well, i would recommend you zöld pardon (<a href="http://bpnative.blogspot.com/2007/06/balkan-fanatik-concert.html">map and details</a>) again. the concert is a lot of fun - if you speak hungarian. cause the sarcastic hip-hop band, the "belga" will be on scene from 8pm. but it's too early to party anyway, so you can catch the disco-part from 10pm. two stages, young boys and girl, what else do you want?<br />at this place tuesday is for rock, i'm not good in it, but the performer will be "guilty parties", a rage against the machine tribute band. enjoy, if you love this.<br />buuuut! on wednesday! the one and only "neo" will give the music under your feet. 8 pm again, don't miss it! an old but forever green song from them is "<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=lv3sDXNcDzU">ranbo 13</a>". they are in the electronic industry, as you can hear it.<br />thursday is also good, "heaven street seven", alternative soft indie or something like that, i'm really bad in these style-things, but whatever. i would recommend you the song <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=_XVX2lcmQTw">"south america"</a>. you can come here if don't like kasabian. but if you do... man... then you should definitely go to the kasabian concert that time. but this deserves a new post. and i will tell you how to enjoy it if you don't have the money for the entrance ticket. stay tuned.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007573414191323430.post-78211255565828843332007-06-22T16:35:00.001+02:002007-06-22T16:41:56.433+02:00the market againmaybe you already noticed that i'm in love with our central market. i found a great <a href="http://chiliesvanilia.blogspot.com/2006/08/food-destinations-2-my-local.html">post </a>about it in english from my favourite gastro-blogger, chili and vanilia. she's an expert, beleive her.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007573414191323430.post-24403302511683272392007-06-22T07:29:00.000+02:002007-06-22T15:14:36.381+02:00tiszacipő<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwGjYEvaPLU/RntiMzlJvnI/AAAAAAAACEM/hSnRW4WFFyc/s1600-h/tisza.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwGjYEvaPLU/RntiMzlJvnI/AAAAAAAACEM/hSnRW4WFFyc/s200/tisza.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078760976934354546" border="0" /></a><br />love to bring things back home? love to shop clothes, shoes, etc.? you must buy the traditional <span style="font-style: italic;">tisza</span> shoes. or a tisza shirt, vest, bag, purse or socks or...<br />it means much more for the hungarians than just a brand. tisza (second largest river in hungary) story begins somewhere in the first half of the 20th century. later, in the communist era it became a great succes. we got the order to produce shoes in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comecon">comecon</a>, so we did. it was known all over the eastern side of the world. but you can read it on the homepage.<br />in the retro craze of late 90's it was renewed. now, it's a kind of alter's wear. say it: tea-sa-tzee-poe! you can be sure that these shoes wil be unique in your country.<br />the central shop is on the Astoria (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=hu&msa=0&msid=101494137825686043942.00000112b3bd4ea5f8371&ll=47.495415,19.060056&spn=0.006481,0.01545&amp;t=h&z=16&om=1">map</a>). there are two others in the pólus and westend malls and five in the countryside. their hompage is here: <a href="http://www.tiszacipo.hu/">www.tiszacipo.hu</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007573414191323430.post-67057452480633954852007-06-17T12:19:00.000+02:002007-06-17T12:34:40.349+02:00indian dance nightthis will be the 12th indian dance night where you can party to the greatest indian top hits, known or unknown in europe. the entrance is free! the date is 21st of june, this thursday, from 9pm. the place is szilvuplé, 6th district, ó utca 33 (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=101494137825686043942.00000112b3bd4ea5f8371&ll=47.505475,19.059949&spn=0.006682,0.014591&t=h&z=16&om=1">map</a>).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://weblapproba.uw.hu/imgs/INDI-Party_No12.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://weblapproba.uw.hu/imgs/INDI-Party_No12.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007573414191323430.post-90495536688376620812007-06-15T17:31:00.000+02:002007-06-18T12:45:55.581+02:00night of museums<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dunaujvaros.mcse.hu/Esemenyek/0606_muzeumokejszakaja_logo_maxi.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://dunaujvaros.mcse.hu/Esemenyek/0606_muzeumokejszakaja_logo_maxi.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />actully we don't have any live and traditional event or festival around summer solstice. yes, it's the day of St. John, but nothing extraordinary like in the mediterranean or scandinavian area.<br />some years back a great feast is organized every 23th of June. most of the museums open its gates at 6 pm and hold special performances, guidances, concertes, screenings till dawn. the <a href="http://www.muzeumokejszakaja.hu/">official page</a> is only in hungarian, so let me help you a bit.<br />you can reach some english program on the homepage of the museum. eg the <a href="http://www.hnm.hu/en/progr/EventCalendar.php?y=2007&m=6&d=23">national museum</a>.<br />price of the ticket is 1 200 HUF (4,8 euros) . can be bought in the museums and also in BKV (transport co.) ticket offices. it is valid for all the museums and also for the bus connection (<a href="http://www.muzeumokejszakaja.hu/utazas_belvaros.php">1st</a>, <a href="http://www.muzeumokejszakaja.hu/budai_utazas.php">2nd</a>, <a href="http://www.muzeumokejszakaja.hu/obudai_utazas.php">3rd</a>, <a href="http://www.muzeumokejszakaja.hu/ludwig_utazas.php">4th</a>) between them. they go in every 10 mins.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0