Hungarians Celebrate Their National Holiday
Cities and towns throughout Hungary observed St. Stephen’s Day on August 20th.
Children’s Railway in Budapest Turns 60
The children’s railway in the hills on the outskirts of Budapest this weekend celebrated the 60th anniversary of its first launch on August 20, 1950.
Hungarian Party Promises Free Beer (and Eternal Life)
Last week I penned a piece about the Two-Tailed Dog Party, a Hungarian political group that is turning the country's current municipal elections on its ... er... head.
The Colombo Connection to Budapest’s Antique Row
One of the most artsy streets in Budapest has a link to Peter Falk, the television star who played the rumpled detective Colombo in the hit American series of the 1970s.
Don’t All Priests Skateboard?
Seemingly taking a page out of Dan Matteo, a free-spirited padre played by Terence Hill in an Italian television series, Zoltan Lendvai, a priest from the southern Hungarian town of Redics, who has wowed the world – the virtual one at least – with his prowess on a skateboard.
