Russia and Hungary have restored rail service, interrupted by Feb. 5 due to the strike of Hungarian railway workers. According to the press service of Railways. "Recovered running of through-cars Moscow - Budapest, Moscow - Zagreb, Moscow - Belgrade and Moscow - Venice in the train" Tissa "message Moscow-Uzhgorod", - said in a press release. Hungarian railway workers, demanding higher wages, have announced a nationwide strike on February 4. As a result, only a small number of trains in Budapest and its suburbs to follow a schedule. [Source]
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Budapest celebrates 25 years of staging the musical 'Cats' a festive carnival
In 1983, the Budapest theater Madach "(Madach Szinhaz) presented his version of the musical" Cats "became the second theater in the world, carries out the direction of world famous show. March 25 this year in the Hungarian capital will celebrate the anniversary of the premiere. On this day at 16.00 at Heroes' Square (Hosok tere) will be musical performances and a parade. The program will be attended by 400 students of the Music Studio Theatre Madach, who will perform excerpts from the musicals of the famous composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. Following the presentation, the performers will return to the theater, where will the carnival. In the evening at the theater will undergo a special program, where viewers will see both old and new musical artists. According to the director of the theater "Madach" Sirtesha Tamas in Hungary has been given over 1300 presentations of the "Cats." Invited to the celebration of Andrew Lloyd Webber, who is still, however, has not confirmed his participation [source]
In Hungary, tourists can try out the wine therapy
The Spa Hotel Andrassy Kuria Hotel, in the famous wine region of Tokaj, Hungary, tourists can try out new services - wine therapy. Wine therapy - treatment and prevention of many diseases is carried out using grape extracts rich in polyphenols - antioxidant similar to vitamin C. Hungary has long been gained worldwide fame as the capital of the spa. This title has been assigned a city in 1934, after being in the 1920's the Hungarian government launched a program to develop the many thermal spas of the country, writes TravelForLife.ru Region Tokai included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, is famous not only for its historical monuments, but also an excellent dessert wine from white grapes, deliberately affected a special fungus, which increases the sugar content. Prepare the Tokaj wine, and now the same way as the Roman times, the legend who planted the first grapevines here. Andrassy Kuria Hotel Wine & Spa - two-storey building, combined with the wineries, "Andrassy" is located in the center Tartsala, on the main thoroughfare of the city. The hotel attracts lovers of wine tourism: you can visit wineries, taste the famous wines, participate in a vintage, visit the winery and get as much information about the winemaking process. [Source]