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Friday, November 6, 2009

12 city project - Budapest Polaroid

Budapest related blog post from Starrybluesky.

12 City Project – Budapest Polaroid

September 30, 2009 by Starrybluesky

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Processing processing – that’s what’s going on here. Trying to get the best out of the Polaroids I’ve taken over the last year. Actually this project has given me a huge amount of material to work with – not just the Polaroid photos but also all the other images I shot while I was on my travels. I’m already starting to “cook” the project that I will do next year, but from now until the end of the year my goal is to have completed the work on all the city photographs and to have created some kind of finished format.

This Polaroid is of the Freedom Bridge over the Danube with the Gellert Hotel in the background.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Naked Hungary

This site is not about nudity or porn. Naked Hungary is...as they write about themselves:

"The bare truth about life and travel in Hungary"

About the authors:

Most of us grew up in the USA and Western Europe but have since been lured to Hungary by the prospects of school, work, travel or a beautiful girl named Zsuzsa (sorry Paul). Our friends back home think we live in a post-communist concrete jungle where goulash is served at every meal and men sport overgrown handlebar moustaches. Our friends in Hungary think we live in the Paris of the East, a cosmopolitan EU country with the world’s best wines and stunning natural scenery.

As with most things, the truth is somewhere in the middle. This blog is our attempt to strip away the misconceptions and the exaggerations we’ve all heard about Hungary and take it down to the naked truth.

www.nakedhungary.com

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Hello Szabi

Szabi is a 25 years old Hungarian guy from Budapest. He makes website and he likes cheese:)
Let me introduce his blog www.helloszabi.com

To see more check out:
www.helloszabi.com

Thursday, August 20, 2009

The Hungarian Girl

Introducing: The Hungarian Girl blog

TOP 10 HUNGARIAN FOODS

In honor of Saint Stephen’s Day on August 20th, a national holiday in Hungary marking the state of the nation. I’ve decided to feature a posting of the top 10 Hungarian foods.

Enjoy!

10. Bejgli

Bejgli is a sweet bread roll filled with poppy seeds, raisins and walnuts. It is most often prepared for holidays like Christmas and Easter.

9. Sour Cherry Soup

Cherries are abundant in Hungary during the hot summers. This cold soup is wonderfully refreshing and flavorful.

8. Winter Salami

You don’t have to be Hungarian to recognize this famous salami! Winter Salami can be found all around the world including at your local deli. The salami is based on a century old producing tradition from the city of Szeged. It is packed with flavor and cured to perfection.

7. Debreceni Sausage

Hungarians are serious meat eaters. There is no doubt Hungary is well-known for having excellent sausages which includes Debreceni. This flavorful treat was named after the Hungarian city of Debrecen. It contains pork that is spiced with paprika, garlic, pepper and marjoram.

6. Fisherman’s Soup

Fisherman’s Soup also known as Halászlé is a hot and spicy river fish soup. It is a favorite among locals and tourists especially around the Danube and Tisza river regions.

5. Palacsinta

Who could resist fried crepes?

4. Dobos Torte

Stacked with several layers of chocolate buttercream and topped with a thin crust of caramel, Dobos Torte is a rich and elegant cake. It was invented by Hungarian confectioner József C. Dobosin in 1884. If your looking to indulge this is must have dessert!

3. Tokaji Wine

This sweet wine has a long and distinguished history. For centuries, it was the favorite among royalty such as Louis XIV of France, Gustav III, Peter the Great, and even great composers like Beethoven.

Tokaji Wine became the subject of the world’s first appellation control, established several decades before Port wine, and over 120 years before the classification of Bordeaux.

Today, it is still recognized as a highly esteemed wine and has won several international awards.

2. Chicken Paprikash

Tender chicken simmered in broth with onions and paprika then mixed with sour cream. A traditional Hungarian dish that is truly irresistible!

1. Goulash

There is no dish more known to Hungary than goulash. It is a staple in every Hungarian home. Although, it can be made in a variety of different ways, there’s no disagreeing that using fine ingredients like paprika is what makes goulash so great.

See more details at: The Hungarian girl blog

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Julianna Nagy's blog

Introducing Julianna Nagy's blog

Final project begins...

I finally began the research today. Surprisingly many facts have been forgotten, details changed and dates confused but the essence is still there….It doesn’t say anything about what I want this project to be but…

My father is on the left. In the army a year before he decided to leave Hungary.

In central Budapest working as a truck driver which would later become a key job for him in Italy

A forged Hungarian car registration for a Fiat he drove in Latina

Italian passport 1973

Me on the right with my sister and brother in 1987 visiting the refugee camp he stayed in outside Trieste.

This project has been difficult for me from the start. It took me a week of hell to even begin this research. I decided I will do the journey on my own and so I needed to learn the details. But it is not about the facts. It’s how do you photograph a story that has been a giant weight on your shoulders your entire childhood? That has been the explanation for insanity? The measurement against which all other challenges have been placed? This FINAL project is actually about the present and time is running out.

Read more of her posts at www.juliannanagy.wordpress.com