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According to Caboodle.hu the Skanzen museum in Szentendre is to receive big funds from the European Regional Development Fund (2 Billion forints), and they will use it to develop the Open Air Museum (Skanzen). I was surprised to hear of the size of the area; it is five times bigger than the Margaret Island. For those who have walked there it is then possible to undestand that they are in great need of the Skanzen railway, to be built using the funds they will receive.

After the plan this will all be finished by the end of 20101.

If you are looking for a hotel in Szentendre, you can find it using our hotelsearch-tool.

Some weeks ago we wrote about McDonalds serving Hungarian food in their restaurants in Budapest. Some days ago I visited McDonalds again, and though I ended up eating a BigMac Menu, I felt that I could try a Lángos (kind of Scone) for dessert. I am not a big fan of Lángos in general, but I thought I would give it a try anyway.

Lángos in McDonalds

The first message I got as I tried to order it was; they do not have more of the garlic and sourcream they normally use for the Lángos, so they told me that I could get something else instead. Having no clue, and asking what they recommended, I ended up with a package of ketchup together with my Lángos.

The Lángos did then not taste to bad, but I had a feeling that I was eating some kind of gum, quite hard to bite through and swallow. Compared to the Chicken Papricas burger from last time, this was a dream, quite similar to the level of the Golden Dumplings. The ketchup was not to bad together with it, and though I will not order Lángos in the future in McDonalds, this was not a too bad experience!

I just dropped by the TicketPro page yesterday and noticed their Hall of Fame page, presenting their most popular events throughout history (or the pages with information about a concert/event that has been most visited). I realized the Depeche Mode is really popular, as it is on first (2009 concert), second (2006 June concert) and third place (2006 March concert). After this the list is as follows:

4. Guns ‘n’ Roses, 2006. 05. 31.
5. Rolling Stones, 2007. 07. 20.
6. George Michael, 2007. 05. 23.
7. Coldplay, 2008. 09. 23.
8. BODIES…, 2008. 05. 24.
9. Robbie Williams, 2006. 07. 19.
10. Cirque du Soleil, 2007. 10. 31.

TicketPro has just announced that there will be four Mamma Mia concerts/shows in Budapest. The show will be in Papp László Budapest Sportaréna. The dates are:

2009. april 10. 20:00
2009. april 11. 15:30
2009. april 11. 20:00
2009. april 12. 15:30

There is not much information available, but tickets can be bought here. We will write more about this later as we get more information. For those interested there will also be an “ABBA – The Show” event in February.

More upcoming events and concerts

Hungarian is a hard language to learn, and today I learned a new word: Locspocs. I had never heard it before, but as I met people who used it I asked what it meant, and got the following explanation: “When the snow is getting wet and it is melting, and it feels as if you are walking in water; then that condition of the snow can be called Locspocs”. It might be that some Hungarians reading this blog might disagree with this explanation, and if you feel that you have a better way to explain the word, please do so! Anyway, I learned a new word, and I am happy about that!

I post some picture to make this post a little bit more interesting!

Picture from Ferenc Körüt

The Museum of Applied Arts