This is a strange but beautiful plant from the so called Australian section of one of the most beautiful gardens of Budapest (entrance is HUF 600).
A walk in the warm Budapest spring afternoon.
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This picture was taken in Királyutca from one of the few playgrounds left in the VIth district. Rumour has it the local government will sell the terrain for property developers. I’m suspecting another “success story” here.
Gyermekvasút (children train) is still partly operated by underage kids, mostly in their early teens. During the socialist era these girls and boys were dressed in socialist youth uniforms.
The Széchenyi-hegy station where you can hop off from Fogaskerekű and hop on the Gyermekvasút to take a pleasant tour in the Buda hills.
Play a nice track while visiting
Hungary’s industrial output is declining again, according to the latest official economic data. This factory was closed long before the credit crunch hit the country.
These robust machines which once lifted and moved heavy objects are still impressive, seen from 10 meters below.
Fortified walls.
There’s no traffic in the area any more, the place is virtually empty. I’m guessing that these buildings will be destroyed as soon as the Hungarian real estate market starts to climb again. Instead of transforming these amazing buildings into loft apartments, they’ll be wasted, as it’s always done in Budapest.
This picture was taken for my wine blog.
This picture was taken in a villa in the Buda hills, built in the late XVIIIth century.
A grey horse.
The grey ox.
The grey calf.
These picture were taken at the Arbo Tanya organic farm, near Debrecen.
Vintage toys from the flea market “Ecseri”.
All Hungarian kids had one of these teddy bears.
Boys were crazy about this simple metal set.
Sellers always complain, there’s always room for some bargaining (often up to 50%) but it’s difficult to get something really nice for a good price.
This is one of the covered rows of 3.
This is a fake Sachertorte made by the value confectionery Rigó Jancsi in the XIIth district of Budapest. This Viennese specialty is made in most downtown Budapest Cafés too and although it’s mostly delicious, itseldom can be compared with the original.
This picture is symbolic. This Magnum bottle (1500 ml) is a cheap, but drinkable Hungarian red wine. The only problem is that Hungarians do not excel in producing value red wines and the recent volatility of Hungarian Forint makes imported wines just too expensive (not that Hungarians would prefer imported wines anyway). Conclusion: I’ll keep drinking value white wines. A lot, probably: I predict long, painful recession and things will still get worse before they get any better.
The review of the wine will be posted here, by the way:
Hungarian Wine Guide
If you like wines, you might want to check out the Hungarian Wine Guide.
For tips how to eat well in Hungary, here’s a hint: Eat in Budapest
These are relatively recent purchases of sold-out limited edition Penguin Classics series. I think they’re wonderful objects.
These pictures were taken this week showing Buda viewed (or actually not viewed) from the east bank of the Danube (Pest side).
Hungarians are not particularily civilised as long as their health is concerned: cars with banned plates were happily circulating the town in spite of prohibition like nothing’s happened.
I made a commitment (to the city daily photo community) to publish my best photo from 2008 today. Since it’s 1st of January and with all that it brought into my life I wasn’t able to select a picture but I could take one of my breakfast. Here it is and I hope you’ll like it anyway.
I had no coffee this morning, but this Kreinbacher sparkling wine from Somló.
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The recently renewed main pillar.
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