We’re getting into the action on Twitter a little late, but hey, “jobb későn, mint soha.” (“Better late than never.”) We’ve just set up a new Twitter account of our own, which we’d like to update regularly with posts in English and Hungarian, plus a “Word of the Day” feature that I’d like to update […]
“Prague” – THE novel about Budapest expatriates
Hi folks,
I’ve finally finished Arthur Phillips’ excellent novel about expatriates in Budapest, the oddly-titled Prague (2002), and recommend it to everyone who loves Budapest, or just loves great prose and a well-told story. Prague follows five young expatriates who move to Budapest in 1990 for various reasons and discover themselves through their relationship with each other and with a newly-democratized Hungary. It sounds like a well-trod literary path, but Phillips gives it a fresh spin with crisp writing and good storytelling.
Speak the Hungarian Rapper on CBC Radio
Ok, I’ll admit it – I like Speak. It’s easy to laugh at the guy and his 2003 song that became a YouTube sensation, “Stop the War,” but I respect anybody who’s earnest and authentic, and he definitely comes off as that. Uncle Drew of the excellent Budacast podcast tracked down the elusive Speak (otherwise […]
Lots of Hungarian music on Last.fm
If you didn’t already know, last.fm has a quite a large selection of Hungarian music, which plays on your PC in an apparent random order, mixing musical genres and styles. And if you don’t like a particular song, just a click will bring up the next song in line. The thing I like best about […]
A note to our dear Hungarian listeners…
Today I noticed a post about language learning podcasts in the Hungarian site Webisztán. It was basically about how many free language learning podcasts are available, and the author’s desire to continue learning Italian through podcasts. But in the comments section we were obliquely referenced. The first comment was innocuous enough: grabog 2008.05.11. 20:18:11 Belehallgattam a […]
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