The Eighth Hungarian Tribe, 1985 (12. évfolyam, 1-11. szám)
1985-02-01 / 2. szám
TRAVEL HUNGARY WEEKEND IN HUNGARY Dr. Victor IV. Molnár PART 2 Luncheon in Miskolc Forty-five minutes after leaving the Czechoslovak border, we reach Miskolc. On the way we had travelled through a very picturesque countryside. On our right were the Cserehat Hills and on our left the scenic Hernad River Valley, with the river meandering about. Further to our left we could see the Zemplen Hills. As we travelled south to Miskolc we passed through seven little villages. Their women were out in the fields doing farmwork on the land owned by the local collective farm. Being members of the collective farm they had to work a certain amount of hours doing agricultural labor. The teams of women, as well as their male counterparts are often called brigades in communist terminology. One thing that was quickly noticed by the majority of the passengers on the bus was the lack of the big, bright red signs proclaiming the glory of the system, praising the army or hailing Liberation Day by the Army of the Soviety Union, or some other propoganda. The villages were just full of them. And I noticed them even in the Hungarian language when I was in the heavily Hungarian region of Czechoslovakia. But in Hungary itself, no big, bright red signs! The first of many differences between the two neighboring communist countries. In downtown Miskolc some of us notice that we have circled one square at least three times and that Lada (Ladislav) our driver is lost. Olga, our Czech guide has a tourbook on Hungary, but evidently it offers little help. This writer could not understand that the official travel agency of Czechoslovakia would allow their bus to go to a foreign country without a map. Lada pulls alongside a parking lot adjacent to a historical church. Olga gets out and speaks with an elderly gentleman in the German language. He responds and gives directions and very enthusiastically waves his hands all over the place. Lada spots another Czech bus in the parking lot and goes there for information. Pauline, our American escort, calls me to the front of the bus and asks where is the hotel and how to get there. I told her that it is in a suburb, had been there on a previous trip, did not know the exact directions in Hungarian. After receiving the directions and returning to the bus, we compare notes and find that each one of us has different directions. Two of them however start off the same...the one given by the elderly gentleman and the Czech busdriver. We should continue up the road to the first traffic light, turn left, go over the bridge and turn left again. continued page 11 WEEK-END IN BUDAPEST this WINTER ♦♦♦Departures every Friday from Newark*** • Roundtrip air transportation to Budapest TRIP • Room accommodations at Buda-Penta Hotel INCLUDES • Buffet breakfast daily • All taxes and Visa fees • No advance ticketing requirements Only $629.00 per person, based on double occupancy **SPACE IS LIMITED....SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY** Valid thru March 31, 1985 (Except December 21 & 28, 1984) F U G A Z Y INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL 770 U.S. Highway #1 North Brusnwick N.J. 08902 Call o'- Write 1-800-828-4488 (Out of Stete) 201-828-4488 (New Jersey) 630 Fifth Avenue Peter Gomori Rockefeller Center - Suite 520 Director New York, New York 10111 North American Division Tel. (212) 582-7412 MALÉV Hungarian Airlines Közvetlen csatlakozás a tengerentúli járatokhoz Felvilágosításért és rezervációért forduljon: MALÉV Hungarian Airlines North American Area Management Room 2603, 630 Fifth Avenue, Rockefeller Center New York, N.Y. 10111 Tel: (212)757-6480 (800)223-6884 “MAGYAR MAGIC” — 106 cherished Hungarian recipes plus 194 favorite recipes. Published: 1978 (6th printing). Cost: $6.00 Postpaid Address: Fellowship Circle, Grace Hungarian Reformed Church, 5160 Georgia Street, Gary, Indiana 46409. Also available — “Lapel Pin” with Hungarian and American Flags—$2.50 Postpaid. Page 8 Eighth Hungarian Tribe
