Budapest

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"The riverscape, the finest in Europe. The Danube scurries through Vienna, avoiding eye-contact, lile an elderly aunt who lives with relatives who are ashamed of her. But she parades through the heart of Budapest in grace and beauty, boldly returning the admiring looks she draws. There are many vantage points to admire her from. In autumn one of the best is from the Pest side of the Margaret Bridge: Parliament rises from the curve of the river, the Castle lies aslant opposite and Gellért Hill looms over all the grey stillness. The Budapest markets, better than any calendar. Budapest people, so many still with their roots in the country, have the countryman's appreciation of fresh produce, and follow the progress of the year through their tables.
FŐ utca, stories in stone. The history of the city is encompassed in this one street, every building a talkative witness of what is past, passing and to come.
a no's" c2!'nse 1» budapest choosing s place to stay
finoinu your way around... Tovább

Fülszöveg

"The riverscape, the finest in Europe. The Danube scurries through Vienna, avoiding eye-contact, lile an elderly aunt who lives with relatives who are ashamed of her. But she parades through the heart of Budapest in grace and beauty, boldly returning the admiring looks she draws. There are many vantage points to admire her from. In autumn one of the best is from the Pest side of the Margaret Bridge: Parliament rises from the curve of the river, the Castle lies aslant opposite and Gellért Hill looms over all the grey stillness. The Budapest markets, better than any calendar. Budapest people, so many still with their roots in the country, have the countryman's appreciation of fresh produce, and follow the progress of the year through their tables.
FŐ utca, stories in stone. The history of the city is encompassed in this one street, every building a talkative witness of what is past, passing and to come.
a no's" c2!'nse 1» budapest choosing s place to stay
finoinu your way around
the awful k:' :garia.: language five walks who was who
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ART TO SEE, ART TO BUY GOING OUT
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Jókai bean soup. A Hungarian variation on a Central Europea n theme. A supper for a winter evening, to dispel the cold outside, to warm the heart. Like almost all the delights of home cooking, ignored by the luxury restaurants but can be savoured in those scruffy, over-heated, cheerful places that the locals know and treasure. Hungarian folk music. An atavistic experience, especially when the solo voice is that of a woman."
Peter Doherty
translator, teacher, virtuoso of English
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András Török (b. 1954) is an author, lecturer, a long-time chronicler of the Budapest urban scene. This is his third book. He studied English, History and Modern Greek in his native Budapest during the 70s, then he sharpened his wit in the dissident intellectual salons. Later he worked as translator, teacher, graphic designer and, after the Fall of the Wall, State secretary for culture, and President of the National Cultural Fund, Meanwhile, instead of writing new books, he re-wrote this same book, over and over again. He is a cross of a local historian, a journalist and a fiction writer - one of a kind.
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Excellent A series of entertaining walks.
The Independent
This book tries to combine three types of guides with the advantages of all three: the Baedeker type, the critical guidebook and the alternative guidebook. Obviously it w/ill not be exhaustive in ail three modes.
There is a Hungarian saying for things that seem impossible: 'an iron ring made out of wood'. Even if this book cannot overcome the language difficulties, it is designed to put visitors at ease when making their own plans to discover the city. After all, it is easier to get help with the language from friends, business-partners, interpreters or hotel receptionists, than to get ideas on how to spend one's time.
- CHOOSING A PLACE TO STAY
FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND
THE AWFUL HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE
. FIVE WALKS
- WHO WAS WHO
> EATING WELL AND NOT TOO MUCH
- ART TO SEE, ART TO BUY
- GOING OUT
> GAY AND LESBIAN BUDAPEST
¦ READING: ON THE SPOT OR TAKE AWAY
¦ HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO EXPLAIN IN PORTLAND, OREGON
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