Written by Emma Baker
When my mother visited Budapest, without any idea what to expect, she resorted to Lewis Caroll for a suitable analogy, "I feel like Alice, and I’ve fallen through the rabbit hole.’ The next evening we went to a Ligeti concert in the Palace of the Arts. The bandana coiffed bassoonist stood up at the end of the first piece. I heard Tojás-something. I turned in confusion to my Hungarian friend who explained, ‘That's all said the egg. A quote from Alice in Wonderland.” Budapest often seems like a sort of wonderland where the riddles and eccentricities of Lewis Carroll would not be out of place. I’ve listed below ten things that make Budapest fantastic and fantastical.
It has been 20 year ago when the Berlin Wall has fallen down, but still,
there are some places all around Europe where we might witness that
classes of society, buildings or some parts of the city are separated
from each other. They are rather symbolic walls, but to break them down
could be almost as difficult and taking long time as the tearing down
of the famous Berlin Wall was in 1989.
Hungarian foreign minister saying all DDR citizens staying in Hungary could leave to the “west” with their passport. Surpassing all expectations this act of Hungary played a crucial role in the soon destruction of the Berlin Wall, the reunion of Germany and of Europe. As 
Have you ever dreamed of crossing the threshold of the oh-so-mysterious and so-hard-to-enter world of film-makers? Aye, so have we. That’s why we decided to bring you a ground-breaking debut, lovely FUNZINE friends: the FUNZINE CineFest Trip, at The CineFest International Festival of Young Filmmakers, Miskolc, between September 18th and 20th!
By Judit Révész
By Judit Révész
After having been away from the Cafebabel world for a while, I’m obviously spoilt for choice with things to tell you about life in this fair city. I’ve decided, though, to keep it recent. In the wake of a new prime minister, a non-political bike protest, unusually high spring temperatures and a national obsession with the Hungarian word for hedgehog spreading like wild-fire, I turned the ripe old age of 26. I was 24 when I arrived here at the start of the month-long stay I had planned, and this month I celebrated my coming of age in true eclectic Budapestian style. There’s not room to share it all with you here; but for now, here’s a particular highlight.
Despite financial crisis the sun is still shining and the temperature is rising high. There’s no doubt about doing something to survive – as soon as possible. To avoid the swelter here are some ideas how to find a purse-friendly, cool, memorable and last but not least enjoyable solution. What are the opportunities in Hungary in 2009?
Hungary feels the game of the energy superpowers better than the average of the EU. In the interest of the alleviation of the cat and mouse game the EP candidates would build new pipelines, energy industry investments would be favored as well as common member state energy politics would be drawn up – emerges from the parties' EP programs.
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