This is a rather nice video showing the achievements of Hungarian inventors and some beautiful sights of Budapest in the backgrou...
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Village Tourism | Rural Tourism
zannnielimIt is a good experience to try this when in Hungary - Village Tourism. You get more for than just a bed where you put your head to rest once the sun goes down. The special rural environment and the unique living conditions, traditions, habits, the famous buildings, sights, the beauty of the surroundings, the unique wildlife and flora, is really a treat and is definitely worth it.Rural tourism gives you a chnace to get familiar with these...
Badacsony | Lake Balaton
zannnielimBadacsony is the north shore of Lake Balaton in western Hungary, and a town in that region. The entire area is recognized for its wine, with vineyards dating back to Roman times.
The nearby basalt mountains are unique geological relics, and the habitat of many rare plants and animals. These monadnocks are peculiarly shaped results of volcanic activity, formed during the end Pannonia which is an ancient province of the Roman Empire bounded...
Monday, August 9, 2010
Buda Castle | World Heritage Site
zannnielimWhen my Singaporean friends visited me, they all fell in love with this place called Buda Castle. It is the historical castle complex of the Hungarian kings in Budapest, Hungary, first completed in 1265. In the past, it was also called Royal Palace and Royal Castle.
This World Heritage site was built on the southern tip of Castle Hill, surrounded by what is known as the Castle District, famous for its Medieval, Baroque and 19th century...
Umbrella Ladies | Óbuda
zannnielimVarga Imrea created this statue-group in 1986 with the title “People Waiting” (in Hungarian it is “Várakozók” ) I rather like to call them the ‘Umbrella Ladies’:) And seriously, if you search ‘umbrella’ or ‘Obuda’, you can find images of these ladies surrounded in different colours of flowers depending on the different seasons with information better than ‘people waiting’;) it is this famous somehow.
So this was found in Óbuda (Old Buda),...
Elizabeth Lookout Tower | János Hill
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It’s on the highest point of Budapest at 527 m, it has six floors and is about 23.5 m. If the weather is good, you can see the hill tops of Pilis and Mátra as far as 77km without binoculars.
The beloved Elisabeth or Sissi liked taking tours here, so when the wooden lookout structure was replaced by a stone one, it was named after Sissi.
This place is recommended for families with children too :), a nice place to spend an entire afternoon....
Buda Hills by Libegő
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The Libegő is a two-way chairlift system that transports passengers between the Zugliget and the top of János Hill. It has been in operation for decades and the Libegő's wire-rope is 1040 metres long, and the height difference between the lower and upper stations is 262 metres. Its speed is about 4 km/h.
The duration of the Chairlift ride is about 15 minutes one way, during which you can admire the beautiful view and the nature. From...
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Fasírt - Meat Balls
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Fasírt is Hungarian meatball. Some westerners outside Hungary called it the Hungarian Hamburger. I think Meatball describes it better. It is made from ground meat (pork), bread, eggs, onions and garlic and flavored with paprika, black pepper and salt. The ingredients are usually mixed and formed into a ball that flattened a little after deep frying. It is one of the popular food served with főzelék or mashed potato...
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Great Market Hall - Largest Indoor Market in Budapest
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Sometimes, it is known as "Central Market Hall" (and in Hungarian "Nagycsarnok"). It is located on Fővám Tér.
There are lots of fresh produces such as vegetables, fruits, cheeses and meat. Usually tourists buy back souvenirs such as paprika, tokaji, and caviar from here. Or folk art articles for their friends such as pictures, dolls, glasses, tablecloths, chess boards and clothes made in Hungarian style.
Don't be shocked to hear that...
Parliament Building in Budapest
zannnielimThis is my favourite architecture of Budapest. It is my love, love, love!
The features of this architecture is that, it is similar to the Palace of Westminster in UK. It was built in Gothic Revival style and has a symmetrical facade and a central dome.
It is 268 m (879 ft) long and 123 m (404 ft) wide. Its interior includes 10 courtyards, 13 passenger and freight elevators, 27 gates, 29 staircases and 691 rooms (including more than...
Culture Shock #1: Eating Lard
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Very interestingly, at the first year since I moved to Budapest, I was answering an interview by Hungary Starts Here who are publishers of Hungary guide books. The question asked was: "Have you seen or experienced things which are very different from your country?"
To me, very immediately, it was about the culture of eating lard here in Hungary. Even city dwellers who lives in Budapest are the same. They do not squirm at the mentioned...
Lecsó - Hungarian Vegetable Stew
zannnielimThis is the much talked about Lecsó. It consists of mainly Hungarian TV paprika (a kind of thin-skinned sweet paprika or chilli as we called it in Singapore). These type of paprika is special in its taste because it is grown in Hungary where its climate produces fresh paprika that is sweet instead of spicy hot that makes this Hungarian dish special.
It is a vegetable stew cooked together with tomatoes, onions and most importantly Hungarian...
A Japanese view about Budapest
The first view is Yukako Furudate's impression about Budapest. To her as a Violinist, she fell in love with Budapest just as much as I did. It was amazing how much we like about Budapest for the same things. For example, we began our friendship because we started talking about our favourite Hungarian dishes such as Lec...
Budapest Through the Asian Eyes
zannnielimThis is a special edition, it is called ''Budapest Through the Asian Eyes''.
I am the co-author for BudapestZIN and now in a way, I am motivated by my good friend Elizabeth Samuel. She said in her letter to me that she will visit me in Budapest soon, and requested that I write about Budapest in the perspective of an asian. Afterall, being asian, I can recommend better to another asian what is fascinating and special about its culture and...
