scrubbedexpat142

Hungarian Hussars on parade yesterday

rickster000

Pretty cool.

Love the background.

scrubbedexpat142

Al fresco dining, Klauzál Utca, Pest, 1945!

tooboocoo

The wrecked buildings remind me...My mother was a very young child in Budapest at the end of the war, as the German forces fell back from the Eastern Front through Hungary. She would, much later, recall to us how her family regularly took shelter in their apartment building's basement every time there was an air raid or bombardment warning.

She would laugh as she pointed out that it made no difference to the terrified souls whether it was Russian or German artillery, or an American air raid!

They were lucky, their building was never hit. But it was an extremely difficult winter...

scrubbedexpat142

Tribute to the victims & relatives of the tragedy on the river -

rickster000

tooboocoo

Very nice, Mr Rick!

rickster000

thanks

scrubbedexpat142

This project has an exhibition at Buda Castle, photos of Hungary dating right back to 1900, all of which have now been digitalised & displayed in print form. It is a fascinating collection!

Even if you're not in range of Buda you may wish to check out the site.

Fortepan

rickster000

I went to it yesterday. Well worth a visit.

Lots of the photos were lost negatives which had never been developed so no-one had ever seen or even knew existed. The thank-you letters from people who, through the project, have come across old photos of friends and relatives, are very moving.

scrubbedexpat142

So did we (in the afternoon)!

Yes, absolutely.

scrubbedexpat142

Something in the water...

PaulinEger

Just watched the video for that pic. It's not, as I imagined a dead puli, it's a komondor swimming

scrubbedexpat142

Paul - you gave it away!

Peter_in_Hungary

And I thought it was a mop missing the handle stuck up its ............