The rise of capitalism in Hungary … the real life at the present

       We have told that we can leave… Many people think Hungary is not going in the right direction, and many of people are leaving the country to survive and make a bit more money elsewhere.  94% of the Hungarian describe the country’s economy as ‘bad’- according to Pew Research Center.  

 

This is the highest level of economic discontent in the country, and comes from the hard hit region of Central and Eastern Europe. But what does it mean in the long run? Do Hungarians actually wish to have communism come back? The general belief in the populations mind, and the whisper is that ’life was better, at least there was work’. With Communism you could feed your family.    

Educated people vanish from the county never to return. Lots of Hospital have been closed, doctors are hard to find and the younger educated generation is leaving in mass. The brain drain is extreme, as all the valuable people have left. What’s going to happen to the country that created the great inventions I covered in my previous blog?  Our government is burning all the bridges and hoping someone outside will fixes the problems.  

 

 We see more and more demonstration on. These have been going on for several months now, and now you can see Universities in the country forcing it’s students to stay in the country by getting students to sign a contract forcing them to stay before they graduate. 

What about taxes? Americans would not believe how many taxes we have to deal with…the country taxes us for cellphone services, bank withdraws, and event for bill paying...the tax list goes on and on. Then the cost of living is just as high as in many other western country, Germany, France… but the salaries  are meager about a fourth of the westernized nations. Salt this with a bit of corruption— 76% said corrupt political leaders are a major drain on the country.  What’s interesting is that old communism leader just have become leaders of the new supposed democratic Hungarian system.  It doesn’t matter what political party in the former Soviet satellite countries you follow, left or right, they are created and are run by former communists. 

 

And…again. What’s if you don’t like to live here? Well, the Prime minister’s solution to the economy is to tell its citizens that they can leave the country. Guess what, many of talented citizens have left.  

 

Google street view is in Hungary!

 Google Street View first launched in 2007 in Los Angeles now Hungary has been added to the long list of counties in Europe which are featured on street view. Google Maps can now take you 'virtually' through the streets of Budapest. But at this point I need to stop and share my thought about Budapest.

Budapest is the most beautiful city in Europe! It isn’t just the capital of Hungary which has been located in the middle of the country but more than that it is also heart of Europe as well.

 

Danube, one of the largest rivers in Europe, flows between the two parts of the city. The east side called Pest, is a rapidly growing modern city while Buda the west side is on the highlands. Buda’s is the old castle’s districts which became a UNESCO World Heritage Committee site.

Yes, we are surrounded by treasures!

Tourists think about Budapest based on our famous tourist spot such as the Gellért Hill with our Statue of Liberty and the Citadel, and the Castle of Buda.

 

 

 

What about Pest side? You can visit the House of Parliament, the famous Andrássy Avenue and Heroes Square or St. Stephen's Basilica and Vajdahunyad Castle and many great parks too.

 

What do we as Hungarians think about Budapest? 

For us we think that the Millennium underground is still part of Budapest's transport system, but did you know that it was the first underground in the continent of Europe?

Do you know the legend of the stone Lions who guard the chain bridge on either side of Buda, and Pest? The historical fact is that in 1842 Pest and Buda was connected together but, a fun fact is that what most Hungarians want to know is whether the Lions have got tongues*? And What about the shoes on the Danube’s embankment?

 

Hungary has lots of great history, and lot’s of great things you can find here, from the latest supermarket to a thousands of years Roman ruins. So if you have no plan for your summer vacation, come to Budapest.

Visit the most amazing city ever!

 

 

*I think they do have tongues :), but this can stay a Hungarian disagreement forever!