• Uniquely Hungary: Restaurant Gundel's Good Old Magic, By Anne Zwack

    • 3 May 2016 9:00 AM

    When I made my first fleeting visit to Budapest in 1975, the Gundel Restaurant was a burnt out husk: the grandiose old restaurant which took its name from Károly Gundel in 1910 had been destroyed by fire. The next time was in the late eighties when the restaurant had been rebuilt and redecorated according to the criteria of the Soviet era in fifty shades of brown. Gaggles of waiters loitered in doorways apparently oblivious to the pleading gaze of their guests. Portions overlapped the plates with bosoms of white rice crowned by a cockerel’s curled crest of ridged bacon while the Fogas arrived baked like a boomerang.

  • Fungarian: Long Live The May 1 'Long-Live'

    • 1 May 2016 7:00 AM

    The jolliest of all Communist holidays was May 1, the celebration of the ”Proletarians of the world unite. – Világ proletárjai egyesüljetek!” Surprisingly, it survived the change of regime. Today is still a national holiday.

  • Learning About Hungarian School-Leaving Ceremony

    • 29 Apr 2016 9:00 AM

    BALLAGÁS (school-leaving ceremony) is not only a school ceremony but also an important family event. This year April 29 is the last school-day for graduating students in all Hungarian secondary schools. In many countries, the end of the academic year is met with students fleeing school as quickly as possible, but here in Hungary this rite of passage is a cherished tradition that resembles a parade of appreciation for teachers and their education.

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