HUNGARY MINI-PREVIEW

yes, here is just a mini mini mini preview about hungary - mostly pictures and a few informing texts.

=H= GRAND VIEW

this is the view from budapest's castle on the largest bridge over the danuve and budapest's city center.

=H= CASTLES

there are lots of medieval castles in hungary, this is the visegrad castle.

=H= CATHEDRALS

two impressive and important churches are the catholic basilica in esztergom and the jewish dohany synagogue in budapest.

=H= ATTRACTIVE TOWNS

one good example is sopron, a colorful city near austria..

=H= THE PUSZTA

the puszta is a large flat landscape south-east of budapest, which is used for farming animals, and many activities for horse riding.

=H= PEOPLE

here are pictures of a man, a woman, a girl and a kid. all in very colorful traditional hungarian dresses.

=H= MUSIC

music is a very big thing in hungary, and the core instrument has always been and still is the violin. all musicians i heard during my visits, in the capital budapest as well as in tiny puszta villages, played truly excellent.

=H= BIG BATH

this is famous indeed, based on thermal springs (natural hot water source) and set up in almost bombastic architecture. it's obviously not just a swimming pool!

so - is hungary worth a visit? in my view, yes indeed, at least the puszta region, because of the uniqueness of the the landscapes and the people there.