how to knot a tie :-)

Van Budapest[Hungary]-May2009

Johan and Liesbet arrived, Raf couldn't make it, and husband and wife and offspring join the party! They clearly like it here, Lars and Arne couldn't wait to conquer the spa. After setteling in the rooms, we took off. The guide explained us that we'd better avoid Budapest today, because of the festivities in the city on this day, and the political manifestations, and several roadblocks. So off to Szentedre, an artistic village 20 km north of Budapest. Packed with fellow tourists, it was nevertheless a nice walk there, HL compared it with Plovdiv (Bulgaria) but he found that one more authentic (which it is). The couleur locale came alive when a carriage with horses passed by: marriage in the local style! In the pictures, look at the lovely way the tie of the boy near the car is knot: I'd love to know how they made such a lovely knot!

Then back to Budapest, uphill in the Gellert district. It's our first time that we see the statue of freedom from this close, so we enjoy it too. And the views of Budapest from this high hill are absolutely spectacular on this sunny and bright day!
Going back downhill, we spy at the Gellert baths (Danubius Gellert hotel), it's really an artistic building, and the setting is breathtaking, too bad there's so much traffic around the hotel.

After the 4 hours tour, everybody's exhausted, except for Johan's kids: they plan to dance the night away in the discos in the city ... I hope to see them alive and well tomorrow!

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