Straddling the romantic Danube River, with the Buda Hills to the west and the start of the Great Plain to the east, Budapest is the most beautiful city in central Europe. And the human legacy is just as remarkable as Mother Nature’s. Architecturally, Budapest is a gem, with enough baroque, neoclassical, Eclectic and art nouveau (or Secessionist) buildings to satisfy anyone’s appetite. With parks brimming with attractions, museums filled with treasures, pleasure boats sailing up and down the scenic Danube and Turkish-era thermal baths belching steam, the Hungarian capital is a delight both by day and by night. The food and wine are excellent, cheap and in abundance and the nightlife is hot. Indeed, in recent years, Budapest has taken on the role of the region’s party town, especially in the warmer months when outdoor entertainment areas called kertek(literally ‘gardens’) heave with party makers.
Budapest does have its scars, of course, with organised crime, pollution, international fast-food eateries at every corner and mindless graffiti covering much of that gorgeous architecture. But come a fine spring (or summer or brisk autumn) day and all that will go by the by. Stroll along the Duna korzó, the riverside embankment on the Pest side, or across any of the Danube bridges past young couples embracing passionately. It’s then that you’ll feel the romance that, despite all attempts from both within and without to destroy it, has never died.
On the trip to Budapest i had used couch surfing through which i met some amazing people who taught me that there is no boundaries of culture, live and friendship. I always wanted to travel in the east part of the Europe. After visiting the Budapest i want to go there even more. I do not have much picture of Budapest that i took with me but here you can see my couch surfing profile where there are comments of the people whom i met in Budapest
In Hungary, the old tradition of easter is people in folk costumes since it is considered a special occasions. There is a special custom as women will be sprinkle with cologne instead of water (as practice in the olden days). I found out that the reason for this very old sprinkling tradition is that it was believed to have a cleaning, healing & fertility effect of water.
As it is a public holiday in Hungary, boys and men visit all of their women relatives/friends/neighbours. They greet girls and women with little poems mostly ended with a question 'May I water you?' They will sprinkle them with cologne. Women will be busy with preparation prior to easter, because they treat men with dessert and beverages - and with hand-painted eggs. Women usually prepare in the previous days by cleaning up the house thoroughly, decorating, cooking and painting a couple dozen eggs.
