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Sunday, October 28, 2007
The lure of European Trains
Budapest has three main train stations, of which Keleti palyaudvar receives most of the international arrivals and departures.

Keleti Palyaudvar
One afternoon when I wandered past there were trains waiting on the platform for Moscow, Zurich and Venice, with a train for Bucharest listed on the departure board.

Budapest Keleti Departure Board

Moszkva Train

Venezia Train

Zurich Train
Labels: budapest, europe, hungary, train, train station
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Saturday, October 27, 2007
Blood in the Water
Reading up on the events of that time I stumbled upon the event known as the Blood in the Water match. This was the meeting of Hungary and the USSR in the Pool at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics (it is known in Hungarian as the "Blood Bath of Melbourne").
A documentary was made about it in 2006 called Freedoms Fury, which was produced by Lucy Liu and Quentin Tarantino.
Labels: hungary, olympics, revolution
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Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Hurdy Gurdy Man
The Hurdy Gurdy has a bass drone like a bagpipe. I find the sound of bagpipes hypnotic and I always end up following them in parades. So to with this curious instrument.
Here is a busker in Budapest playing the Hurdy Gurdy.
Hurdy Gurdy Busker - Budapest
Labels: budapest, busker, hungary, hurdy gurdy, music
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Monday, June 25, 2007
Guitarshop Mascot

Guitarshop - Budapest
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Strap-on Number Plate

Strap-on Number Plate - Budapest
Labels: budapest, hungary, number plate
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Sunday, June 24, 2007
The World's Largest Hourglass

Timewheel
The Timewheel was commissioned to commemorate the enlargement of the European Union on 1 May 2004, when Hungary joined the Union.

Timewheel Base
The Timewheel is turned once a year midnight on New Year's Eve.

Timewheel Side
Labels: budapest, hungary, timewheel
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Friday, June 22, 2007
Children's Railway - Budapest
Formerly known as the Pioneers' Railway, everyone working on the railway is a child, except for the engineer (the train driver). The kids are aged between 10 to 14 and run the operation to the same standards of the State Railways of Hungary (MÁV Rt). They even have the same uniforms as the adult railway workers.

Children's Railway Carriage
the railway is set in the forest of the hills of Buda and runs on a narrow gauge line for eleven kilometres. There are different stops on the way so you can get off in the forest along the way.

Children's Railway

Szechenyi Hegy Station

Szepjuhaszne Station
Labels: budapest, childrens railway, hungary
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Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Espressamente - A real Italian coffee chain

Labels: budapest, cafe, espressamente, hungary, italian coffee
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Monday, August 28, 2006
The national snack food of Hungary
These are all good but I haven't truly sampled a nations food until I have tried their snack foods. In Hungary the local snack food that reigns supreme is the Túró Rudi. If Hungary was to have an official national snack, this would be it.

If you have never had one it is probably best if you eat first then ask questions later. It consists of sweetened compressed cottage cheese, covered in chocolate. It shouldn't work, but it does.
Those who have already converted to the way of the Rudi, there is a place for you at The Túró Rudi Fanlisting.

Labels: food, hungary, snack, turo rudi
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Friday, August 25, 2006
Hotel Bus - Budapest

A triple decker hotel bus, the Alfons Meilhamer Hotelbus-Reisen.
Labels: budapest, hotel bus, hungary
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Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Espresso - Budapest

Labels: budapest, espresso, hungary
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Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Cow Parade - Budapest

It feels like I'm being followed by this cow parade exhibition around Europe.
Cow Parade
Labels: blue melting ice cream, budapest, cow parade, hungary
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Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Budapest from the air

Flying over Budapest, along the Danube river.
Labels: budapest, danube, hungary
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