We're !n Budapest!!
We flew in two days ago and have already fallen in love with the city!
There's so much to do here - we're worried about fitting everything.
Here's what we have (very) tentatively planned:
Saturday, Feb. 27th - Orava Castle. This castle is apparently incredibly foreboding and intimidating. They actually shot Dracula here. (the movie, obviously)
Sunday, Feb. 28th - Hop On, Hop Off Tour, Parliament Tour, Boat Tour, and then meeting some people.
Monday, Mar. 1st - Visiting a school, Szentendre, Jewish Section.
Tuesday, Mar. 2nd - Baths, Arena Plaza, Ice Skating.
Wednesday, Mar. 3rd - National Art Museum, Press Photo Exhibition, Tchaikovsky ballet at the Opera House.
Thursday, Mar. 4th - National History Museum, Market Hall.
Friday, Mar. 5th - Vienna!
Saturday, Mar. 6th - Morning concert, Liszt Academy.
Sunday, Mar. 7th - Eger or Pecs.
Monday, Mar. 9th - Fly to Spain!
Today we went to the Hapsburg Castle on the Buda side of the Danube River. Inside is an art museum that is mostly Hungarian artists. We saw works by people like the German-Hungarian painter, Karoly Lotz, and Romantic painter, Bertalan Szekely. There were a whole bunch of artists, but Lotz and Szekely were among the most memorable. We made sure to pick up a few postcards and I found a great picture of the HUGE parliamentary building (one of the biggest government buildings in the world...MUCH bigger than our capital).
This art museum was really interesting, but I'm also looking forward to seeing works by Courbet, Corot, Degas, Manet, Monet, Renoir, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec, Cézanne, Matisse and Picasso, etc...
there's an exhibit of all these at the National Art Museum!!!!!1
I'll be uploading photos tonight...so check those out too.
Also be expecting two people of the the week this week...one for last week and one for this week.
Emily =]
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Can't wait to see castle photos! Your itinerary sounds incredible. And it sounds like the National Art Museum in Hungary has more goods than the Louvre!
ReplyDeleteWe've done some looking around at some literature on connections between Hungary and Israel.
ReplyDeleteThe following book, The Jews of Hungary: history, culture, psychology, speaks to the history of Hungary and the influence of both the Romans and the Jewish communities that have been there for millennia.
There is evidence that members of the Hungarian Jewish community assimilated into Roman culture there--even holding Roman citizenship and serving in the Roman army.
Make sure that you are journaling any evidence of Roman and Jewish influence on the culture today. What "historical evidence" of these two cultures do you see? Do you see "current evidence" in art, music, and architecture?
Mr. Finley & Ms. Cioffredi
Just an item of interest...
ReplyDeleteBeginning in January of 2010, Spain and Hungary, along with Belgium, agreed a joint 18-month program that will see them hold a "Trio Presidency" of the EU.
Has this come up in conversations at all? It might be interesting to hear how people that you meet in Hungary and Spain compare and contrast in their views of this.
Mr. Finley @ Ms. Cioffredi
"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home. ~James Michener"
We are glad to hear that you are doing none off the above. You seem to be great ambassadors for Vermont!