12 Points from 1848 - few hundreds of idiots today...

it's typical contraselection: normal people are afraid that there are gonna be riots in Budapest (taking the example of the events on our last national holiday - 23 Oct), so many of them refrain from going out to the streets and celebrate. then the small minority of junkies, idiots and mainly hooligans take over control of the happenings from the peaceful majority and eventually spoils one of the most graceful celebration in Hungary.

Some historical background of the celebration:
The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many revolutions that year and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas. The revolution in Hungary grew into a war for independence from Habsburg rule. Many of its leaders and participants, including Lajos Kossuth, István Széchenyi, Sándor Petőfi, Józef Bem, are among the most respected national figures in Hungarian History, and the anniversary of the revolution's outbreak, March 15 is one of Hungary's three national holidays.
for more information visit: wikipedia

a very famous summary of the Hungarian objectives was the leaflet seen below:

'What do the Hungarian People want.
Let Peace, Liberty and Harmony prevail.

1. We want freedom of the press, the abolition of censorship.
2. A responsible Ministry in Buda and Pest.
3. An annual parliamentary session in Pest.
4. Civil and religious equality before the law.
5. A National Guard.
6. A joint sharing of tax burdens.
7. The cessation of socage.
8. Juries and representation on an equal basis.
9. A national bank
10. The army to swear to support the constitution, our soldiers not be dispatched abroad, and foreign soldiers removed from our soil.
11. The freeing of political prisoners.
12. Union with Transylvania.

Equality, liberty, and fraternity!'


how far are we from there...

Hello.
what shall i say?
we r having a great time with Poziomka. i still love budapest. though after one year in london, and a big journey to beautiful places, often in the pure nature, made me realize that i might not want to live all my life in budapest. however, the variety of programs is impressive here - a good reason for staying. at least for now.

on tuesday my friends came over, for a kind of welcome party. am happy, they didn't change - much

but many-many things have changed. names of shops, buildings, cafes. roads too.
only the politics haven't changed... :|
first night in budapest, and what happens? some idiots try to blow up the MTV building. then staring like a calf (hehe, am not sure if this is proper english), what's gonna happen: ah my god, let's run coz the building is burning. first let's smash the firemen, then let's ask for their help. ***ing idiots.
uhh, sorry, i had to put this down...
so, that was a nice welcome to Gosia, but at least we lived historic moments in here. and she is a proper photo reporter anyway

now, we r getting ready to go back to szombathely. on the way i want to show her tihany. lovely town.

my car is working properly, i love it. even if the battery dies in three days, if i leave a bootlight on... :)

bye