Comments on: Where is Hungary Anyway?

By: Eva Torok

Eva Torok — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:44:54 +0000

Dear Sherwin Tobing, hope you do not mind me suggesting to use the proper spelling of those great Hunagian personalities you have referred to in your blog, as they would deserve to have their names properly written (I accept accents like á, é, etc are ignored, but still there are some typos in your blog above), so the correct spelling:

- Karolyi Simonyi Jr., the developer of Microsoft Word and Excel
- Janos Kemeny, the first one in the world to send an email
- Jozsef Galamb, the designer of T-Model of Ford
- Viktor Szebehely, the one who define where Appolo have to land in the moon
- Denes Gabor, the inventor of holography
- Kalman Kando, the father of electric train

Your blog is interesting to read!
Thanks for amending these in your blog and all the best, Éva

By: yuki tobing

yuki tobing — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:48:52 +0000

Hey, thanks Mark, nice to know you like it.

By: Mark Ramsay

Mark Ramsay — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:19:06 +0000

I am doing a piece of work on Hungary and I saw your post, I am very impressed by the amount of information that you know about the country and the population and it’s language, so I just wanted to say thanks and well done it is a cracking post. Mark Ramsay http://www.virtualtripping.co.uk.

By: 1 Tahun dan Selamat Tinggal Budapest

1 Tahun dan Selamat Tinggal Budapest — Thu, 29 May 2008 23:08:11 +0000

[...] Saya sungguh berterima kasih kepada Tuhan karena telah memberikan kesempatan bagi saya untuk belajar dan tinggal di Budapest selama satu tahun. Berbagai pengalaman menarik telah saya alami di sini dan sebagian sempat saya ceritakan di sini, seperti nyaris dituntut ke pengadilan oleh mafia, menghadiri festival film Indonesia di Budapest, belajar masak, kartu ATM ditelan oleh mesin ATM sampai mengunjungi tempat-tempat menarik di sini. Bagi yang masih penasaran ada apa di Budapest/Hongaria, silahkan baca tulisan saya 1001 Hal yang Tidak Anda Ketahui Tentang Hongaria atau, versi Inggrisnya yang telah dimodifikasi, Where is Hungary Anyway?. [...]

By: yuki tobing

yuki tobing — Thu, 22 May 2008 10:45:42 +0000

Szia Robert, you’re completely right, Hungarian women are, indeed, both beautiful and smart. That’s what I read Robert, post-communism countries where Austrian-Hungarian Empire’s legacy is still strong are worth visiting, thank you for the information.

And yes, some of them do speak German, and it helps me much since I speak German a bit as well.

Viszontlatasra.

By: robert stuart

robert stuart — Fri, 16 May 2008 10:16:20 +0000

You didn’t mention the girls?? I spent my early years working throughout eastern europe and actually kept an appartment in Budapest through the 70’s and early eighties…The parts of the old Hapsburg empire that included Hungary,Czech,Slovak,Poland(south) wer wonderful to visit even in the dark days of communism as the people(girls!) were great to look at AND very well educated…my favorites were with out doubt the Hungarians…I know and love Budapest but always had a soft spot for Prague and Krakow in terms of medieval beauty but the Hungarian nui( missing an accent but means girls)..nogyon szep…means very beautiful…besides being a native english speaker who speaks good german I also can get by Hungarian and to a lesser extent Czech/Slovak..and even less in Polish…viszontlatasra…good bye

By: yuki tobing

yuki tobing — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:44:41 +0000

@jaka:
I went there 12 years ago, couldn’t recall it’s beauty. Will be going there in the end of this month.

@dinysays:
Haha, well, I’d lived in Dumai, Riau, which is also pretty small before. The thing is that, the term small I used above referred more to the size of population instead of city itself. I love crowded place. Town with 50.000 populations must be really silent.

By: dinysays

dinysays — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:52:06 +0000

Sherwin, if you think Budapest is small, try living in my town: Ames, Iowa, USA. Its population is only 50,000. Even lower in the summer when most of the students are gone. Hungary does sound interesting to visit. But it’s not going to be cheap, I’m afraid…

By: jaka

jaka — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:07:23 +0000

The good thing of east Europe is, you get lower price of almost everything in comparison to West European countries. However, they have the similar ambience with west europe. And pretty girls (and good looking boys, if you are girls) to look at! Bening, kalo katanya Mandra.

Try also Prague (but be careful with “copet”)!

By: yuki tobing

yuki tobing — Fri, 09 May 2008 21:30:29 +0000

Tasa, you surely have to, haha. Unfortunately, I am leaving this lovely country soon, I have to return to Japan. So, no free guide and accomodation now.