Bone.Marrow.and.Tear-Gas.
It's been a busy last week- full of tear-gas, bone marrow, outdoor baths, goulash and hungarian rock. Yes, this is the life of a Magyar.
Thursday was Hungarian Night at the university. We caught some traditional hungarian dance, a couple bowlfulls of some damn-good home made goulash. The Magyar's definately know how to get their dance on, but could take a wine-making lesson for sure. Can you say VINEGAR! Definately home-made.
I finally made it to a good hungarian bath. very cool. But the first bath you 'must' go through is great if you like to swim with floaters of all kinds and cold water about 10 times dirtier than you'd like. Then there's the medicinal bath- also a funky colour but there's so much good stuff in there it just makes you float! The warm baths outside are the best. There's even a fountain that gives you a good back massage.
EDDA. the legendary hungarian band played a concert on Sunday. These guys are like the Rolling Stones or Aerosmith or Bon Jovi to Hungarians (but they don't charge 100 dollars for a ticket... try 10!). Miklos and his sister have been dying to see them for the last 10 years- and finally made it. These guys put on a show. With an incredible guitarist that does it better than Axel Rose and a lead singer that just won't quite- they really gave it for over 2 and a half hours. They even managed to get some sweet drum, keyboard and guitar solos in there. Great music- even though I couldn't understand the lyrics. EDDA is my new favourite Hungarian rock band (and the only one I know of).
Monday we stopped for a snack along the river and ordered BONE MARROW and toast-a hungarian delicacy. officially awesome. ya ya- dangerous with madcow which is why you can't find it ANYWHERE, but I figured I better taste it once while I'm here and see what the hype's about.
Monday was also the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 that brought end to the soviet occupation. Now in '06 there's still big problems, since the people have just found out that the 'socialist' government has been lying to them for the last how many years. So appropriately- ANOTHER REVOLUTION. And of course yours truly was there to check out hte action. During the day it was quiet, and there were celebrations, and speeches by dignitaries. Even the Spanish King was here. yipee! (like the hungarians care). By night...Huge crowds of police, huge crowds of protestors. At one point the protesters at a large square rigged a display tank and drove it into the street. 3 of the main roads were eventually closed off with police/protestor stand-offs. A lot of yelling for the prime-minister to get out, a lot of bottle-throwing, and a lot of tear gas shot out of small cannons by the riot police.
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2006/10/23/hungary-anniversary.html
Even hours after the events and in some areas today, the sting of the tear gas still hit. There were probably a few thousand cops downtown budapest last night- including recruited cops from other cities, the border guard and mounted police. Good times.
Vive la revolution!
Check the link for photos of the action!
Thursday was Hungarian Night at the university. We caught some traditional hungarian dance, a couple bowlfulls of some damn-good home made goulash. The Magyar's definately know how to get their dance on, but could take a wine-making lesson for sure. Can you say VINEGAR! Definately home-made.
I finally made it to a good hungarian bath. very cool. But the first bath you 'must' go through is great if you like to swim with floaters of all kinds and cold water about 10 times dirtier than you'd like. Then there's the medicinal bath- also a funky colour but there's so much good stuff in there it just makes you float! The warm baths outside are the best. There's even a fountain that gives you a good back massage.
EDDA. the legendary hungarian band played a concert on Sunday. These guys are like the Rolling Stones or Aerosmith or Bon Jovi to Hungarians (but they don't charge 100 dollars for a ticket... try 10!). Miklos and his sister have been dying to see them for the last 10 years- and finally made it. These guys put on a show. With an incredible guitarist that does it better than Axel Rose and a lead singer that just won't quite- they really gave it for over 2 and a half hours. They even managed to get some sweet drum, keyboard and guitar solos in there. Great music- even though I couldn't understand the lyrics. EDDA is my new favourite Hungarian rock band (and the only one I know of).
Monday we stopped for a snack along the river and ordered BONE MARROW and toast-a hungarian delicacy. officially awesome. ya ya- dangerous with madcow which is why you can't find it ANYWHERE, but I figured I better taste it once while I'm here and see what the hype's about.
Monday was also the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 that brought end to the soviet occupation. Now in '06 there's still big problems, since the people have just found out that the 'socialist' government has been lying to them for the last how many years. So appropriately- ANOTHER REVOLUTION. And of course yours truly was there to check out hte action. During the day it was quiet, and there were celebrations, and speeches by dignitaries. Even the Spanish King was here. yipee! (like the hungarians care). By night...Huge crowds of police, huge crowds of protestors. At one point the protesters at a large square rigged a display tank and drove it into the street. 3 of the main roads were eventually closed off with police/protestor stand-offs. A lot of yelling for the prime-minister to get out, a lot of bottle-throwing, and a lot of tear gas shot out of small cannons by the riot police.
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2006/10/23/hungary-anniversary.html
Even hours after the events and in some areas today, the sting of the tear gas still hit. There were probably a few thousand cops downtown budapest last night- including recruited cops from other cities, the border guard and mounted police. Good times.
Vive la revolution!
Check the link for photos of the action!
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