Jethro Tull- Budapest

Jethro Tull- Budapest

“How to make Hungarian Crepes” with Peter Vamos

In this video you can easily learn how to make delicious Hungarian crepes or pancake. Very easy recipe, can be sweet with jam, cream, cocoa butter, peanut butter, chocolate cream,  poppy seeds, raisin or anything you like. Or try salty with cheese, any kind of meat stew,  mushroom or vegetables. Topped with sour cream and enjoy your meal!

Hungarian police dancing

Hungarian police dancing. I think they got fired…

Funny Hungarian police

Funny Hungarian police

Budapest is the capital of what European country?

Budapest is the capital of what European country?

Sziget Festival

Sziget Festival is probably the biggest festival of Hungary. It is in Budapest on an island of the Danube River which runs thru the capital.
It is huge, it becomes a city in the city with lots of programs, concerts, performances. Currently it holds more than 1000 performances each year.

Prodigy, Offspring, Faith No More, Iron Maiden and so on, every day one big concert on the Main Stage, and several others on the smaller ones.

In 2011, Sziget was ranked one of the 5 best festivals in Europe by The Independent, and one of the 10 best by the European Festival Awards.
Sziget attendancy rates surpassed the 250 000 mark, and in 2001, the 350 000 mark. The all-time peak year was 2009 with 390 000 visitors.

Find all the infos, tickets and pics of Sziget Festival here: http://www.sziget.hu/festival_english
In 2011 it is going to be 8-15 August.
So go ahead get your tickets and go have fun!

Hollywood Hungarians

Drew Berrymore, Adrien Brody, Goldie Hawn, William Fox, George Cukor,  Adolf Zukor, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Curtis, Tarzan, Joe Esterhas, Gabor Zsazsa, Mariska Hargitay, Leslie Howard, Bela Lugosi, Paul Newman, Joseph Pasternak, Freddie Prinze, Tommy Ramone, Jerry Seinfeld, Gene Simmons, Paul Simon,Jeffrey Tambir, Hudini, Rachel Weisz, Debra Winger, The Korda Brothers, Peter Lorre, George Pal, Rozsa Miklos, Ivan Tors, Andre De Toth, Charles Csuri, Andy Vajna, Vilmos Zsigmond, Istvan Szabo, Peter Medak, Lajos Koltai, Frank Darabont, Gabor Csupo,Eva Gardos, Antal Nimrod, Mark and Aron Jaszberenyi, Robert Halmi, Sr, Darryl F. Zanuck, Vilma Banky, Ali McGraw…..

Do you know what is common in them? Yes, they are all Hungarian descendants, or Hungarian immigrants.

According to popular legend, Hollywood was founded by Hungarians. This is not entirely true, but still, two of the most renowned film companies, Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox, were indeed founded by them, namely Adolf Zukor and William Fox.

These are some of the famous Hungarians or their descendants who fulfilled the `American Dream` and also contributed to the American film making.

Gene Simmons speaking hungarian on CNN:

Gene Simmons singing hungarian with her mother

Very funny, at the end he gets a kiss…from his mama, this is just so Hungarian mom habit

Gene Simmons singing hungarian with her mother

Two really drunk Hungarians setting up a tent at VOLT festival (Krétakör?)

Volt festival is one of the summer festivals of Hungary.There are plenty of other festivals in Hungary and if you have the time and money, when spring comes,literally you can just go from one festival to the other. All kind of music, food and art festivals in the whole country.

Here you can get tickets to the big ones: http://koncertjegy.lap.hu/magyar_fesztivalok_2011__hungarian_festivals/23095754

Did you know that the noon bell originates from Hungary?

The noon bell we hear every day at noon in the roman catholic churches is calling for a prayer.

When Janos Hunyadi won the Siege of Nandorfehervar,1456  (that time it was Hungarian territory now Belgrade, Serbia)   against the Ottoman Turkish troops the Pope ordered to ring all the bells at noon to ask the people to say a   prayer for  the christian victory.

It was a meaningful victory since it stopped the Ottoman Empire to expand. That time they were very strong and if   they could win over this siege, who knows…maybe now the whole Europe could be muslim…

The Pope didn’t withdraw the order, and Catholic and the older protestant churches still ring the noon bell to this    day.

These are the bells of the catholic church, city of Monor, Hungary: