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Forum: Hungary
Mar 2nd 2019, 9:53 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 556
Posted By Pilis Nemzeti Park Fella

Driving licence after Brexit

OK we know that Brits resident in Hungary will find it easier to switch to a Hungarian DL before 29th March.

But for non-Hungary residents such as ourselves, who drive in Hungary in the hols, the...
Forum: Hungary
Mar 2nd 2019, 5:17 am
Replies: 51
Views: 8,227
Posted By Pilis Nemzeti Park Fella

Re: Photos of Hungary

Good news

tbh there are a lot of people who put local stuff in front of national stuff. I liked the Red Bull Air Race in BP, so what if it was noisy & crowded in BP for a day or 3? It was very...
Forum: Hungary
Mar 2nd 2019, 5:16 am
Replies: 18
Views: 3,205
Posted By Pilis Nemzeti Park Fella

Re: Foxes and Golden Jackals abound!

Any sign of Leslie? :)

Shouldn't that have been Lesley, by the way??? lol

'Been' being the operative word, unfortunately :)
Forum: Hungary
Mar 1st 2019, 5:36 am
Replies: 18
Views: 3,205
Posted By Pilis Nemzeti Park Fella

Re: Foxes and Golden Jackals abound!

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/science/golden-jackals-europe.html
Forum: Hungary
Mar 1st 2019, 5:04 am
Replies: 18
Views: 3,205
Posted By Pilis Nemzeti Park Fella

Re: Foxes and Golden Jackals abound!

I saw a jackal in my garden, not my photo but this is it sure enough:
http://www.sakertour.com/gallery/fill/goldenjackal4carlogallianai.jpg

Mine was a bit thinner but it was pouring with rain so...
Forum: Hungary
Feb 28th 2019, 4:42 am
Replies: 43
Views: 5,666
Posted By Pilis Nemzeti Park Fella

Re: I know I am completely mad but...

That's a nice part of Hungary. Eger is on your doorstep so let's hope your wife can drive, here's the deal: you drive there, she drives back - 50:50, win:win I call it :) ...
Forum: Hungary
Feb 28th 2019, 4:28 am
Replies: 158
Views: 24,124
Posted By Pilis Nemzeti Park Fella

Re: UK in Hungary

and https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/27/confusion-reigns-over-brexit-amendment-as-tory-mp-alberto-costa-sacked
Forum: Hungary
Feb 28th 2019, 4:24 am
Replies: 158
Views: 24,124
Posted By Pilis Nemzeti Park Fella

Re: UK in Hungary

Citizens' rights: Tory MP Alberto Costa seeks meeting with TuskMP seeks meeting after his amendment to ringfence EU citizens’ rights won cross-party support
The Conservative backbencher who...
Forum: Hungary
Feb 24th 2019, 3:19 am
Replies: 36
Views: 3,644
Posted By Pilis Nemzeti Park Fella

Re: Living in Hungary after Brexit

old retired people living abroad don't count for anything much & can be ignored - that's the thinking
Forum: Hungary
Feb 22nd 2019, 5:15 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,624
Posted By Pilis Nemzeti Park Fella

Re: Scrapyard

Our village just has chucking out scrap & stuff day once a year - that's when we would get rid of an old washing machine etc without any of the hassle of taking it to a scrapyard. Other times I've...
Forum: Hungary
Feb 22nd 2019, 5:05 am
Replies: 21
Views: 1,880
Posted By Pilis Nemzeti Park Fella

Re: Attic insulation

Attic insulation: I got 20 rolls of Knauf Ekoroll üveggyapot 10 cm (9 m2/tekerc) a couple of years ago, HUF4200/ roll incl VAT + delivery for 20 rolls was HUF6000 (round trip 35kms)

Made a decent...
Forum: Hungary
Jan 15th 2019, 10:52 pm
Replies: 158
Views: 24,124
Posted By Pilis Nemzeti Park Fella

Re: UK in Hungary

We don't give the general electorate the right to vote for capital punishment to be reinstated in the UK for 2 good reasons:
1 - many voters are uneducated or of lower intelligence, failing to weigh...
Forum: Hungary
Jan 15th 2019, 9:27 pm
Replies: 158
Views: 24,124
Posted By Pilis Nemzeti Park Fella

Re: UK in Hungary

That's probably the legal understanding: The court's ruling also noted this would represent "a sovereign decision to retain its status as a member state of the EU", while judges highlighted a...
Forum: Hungary
Jan 15th 2019, 8:36 pm
Replies: 158
Views: 24,124
Posted By Pilis Nemzeti Park Fella

Re: UK in Hungary

First, parliament would direct Govt to get the extension. Second, if that failed to get a consensus for leaving/ staying, parliament would direct Govt to go down 2nd referendum route (probs 3...
Forum: Hungary
Jan 15th 2019, 7:18 pm
Replies: 158
Views: 24,124
Posted By Pilis Nemzeti Park Fella

Re: UK in Hungary

Beg to differ :)

10 weeks to go - and overwhelming majority of MPs won't allow UK to leave EU with no deal/ on WTO terms. If Govt were heading this way, parliament would take control and instruct...
Forum: Hungary
Jan 13th 2019, 7:00 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 656
Posted By Pilis Nemzeti Park Fella

Re: Back in 1997, Budapest

Not too keen on most of the commercial palinkas - but home-made palinka is another story entirely! Absolutely delicious on the whole, plus you always get the impression that a bit of care & attention...
Forum: Hungary
Jan 11th 2019, 9:14 am
Replies: 4
Views: 656
Posted By Pilis Nemzeti Park Fella

Back in 1997, Budapest

So there was 1 Tesco, 2 Metros and that was about it! The Interspars & Spars shut at lunchtime Saturdays/ closed Sundays.

Dead cheap in the restaurants, though :)

I ate out every day in the...
Forum: Hungary
Jan 11th 2019, 5:59 am
Replies: 99
Views: 20,488
Posted By Pilis Nemzeti Park Fella

Re: Lidl

Just looked up one of them as it used to be a nice escape!
https://www.telepules.com/pilisszentivan/turizmus/vendeglatas/kisgorog-vendeglo-10466.html

As in: let's pretend we're in Greece! Used to...
Forum: Hungary
Jan 11th 2019, 5:53 am
Replies: 99
Views: 20,488
Posted By Pilis Nemzeti Park Fella

Re: Lidl

Well I know Pilisvorosvar pretty well and have eaten a few times in Pilisszentivan - must confess I don't know the bakery. No idea who supplies the bread in our village Co-Op (& there's a new bakery...
Forum: Hungary
Jan 11th 2019, 3:09 am
Replies: 78
Views: 18,939
Posted By Pilis Nemzeti Park Fella

Re: Renewing Hungarian Driving Licence

You won't lose the NI number associated with you - it's for life.

What you lose when you declare yourself non-resident in the UK/ live permanently outside the UK is your right to UK NHS treatment...
Forum: Hungary
Jan 10th 2019, 6:57 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,519
Posted By Pilis Nemzeti Park Fella

Re: denistry

We're quite lucky with dentists - my wife & I get our teeth done in Hungary though our 3 kids are on NHS UK - as a nearby village has a great big dentist surgery, 9 of them working out of the same...
Forum: Hungary
Jan 10th 2019, 2:23 am
Replies: 14
Views: 844
Posted By Pilis Nemzeti Park Fella

Re: Matrica/vignette

but I don't understand why there was an exchange rate if you paid in huf on a huf card??? can you explain where euro comes into it???
Forum: Hungary
Jan 10th 2019, 1:06 am
Replies: 14
Views: 844
Posted By Pilis Nemzeti Park Fella

Re: Matrica/vignette

Ah right. Then I'm totally confused by why they said;
I think it's because of the exchange rate. We have 264 HUF/1 EUR exchange rate.
The exchange rate was visible at the time of purchase.

As...
Forum: Hungary
Jan 10th 2019, 12:39 am
Replies: 14
Views: 844
Posted By Pilis Nemzeti Park Fella

Re: Matrica/vignette

Sounds like you paid in EUR on a EUR credit card? So the EUR were converted into HUF not by your bank but by Virpay.

If this were the case, the answer is to always pay in HUF in Hungary, whether...
Forum: Hungary
Jan 9th 2019, 8:18 pm
Replies: 158
Views: 24,124
Posted By Pilis Nemzeti Park Fella

Re: UK in Hungary

Interesting point about Vienna Convention. Personally, I doubt if this would stop the UK from ceasing to uprate pensions after 2020, they'd just do it until forced otherwise to reinstate the...
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