Dear
friends
This night
we’ve arrived at our new destination, we left the beautiful Slowakia and took
the plane to HUNGARY woehoeee!!
We’re staying
in a very cozy hotel near the Donau, that’s the river which also ran through
Slowakia.
Today
we want to take it easy because we are tired due to the trip. We just want to
see the environment in the neighbourhood of our hotel and of course we need to
change our money again because in Hungary you have another currency: Forint
To give you
an idea, 1 euro is 294,919 Forint. The life in Hungary is very cheap if you
compare it to Belgium.
Tomorrow we
want to visit the capital, which is Budapest. I heard that it is a very
impressive city, so we are very eager to see it :D
The economy
in Hungary knew a strong change after 1989, the economy went from a plan
economy with market elements to a social economy. Because of that their
industry changed a lot, all the companies which weren’t rentable were closed.
And the agricultural collectives were disbanded. It was a very difficult period
for the economy of Hungary. After so many years they still have a black
economy, in 2010 they wanted to go from Forint to Euro but because of their
weak economy they couldn’t join the European Union.
The streets
in Hungary are very busy, that’s because their road network is closed. They
have one nuclear power station here near by the Donau, maybe we go and visit
the station later on the day. Hungary has a lot of freshwater because the country is
next to the sea.
If we are
in Budapest tomorrow I really want to see the Parliament building. I have a
little book of Hungary with pictures of the building, it looks very big and
beautiful and it is next to the water.
Now I’m
talking about that building I want to give you some information of the politics
of Hungary Do you know that Hungary is a republic? They have a president Pàll
Schmitt, he is the head of state, every 5 year there are elections for the presidency.
The premier is the leader of the Government, which is actually the same like in
Belgium, we also have a premier who leads the government. They also have a
parliament which exists of a chamber with 389 seats. The elections are not the
like in Belgium, they have a very difficult system. Aurélie and me don’t know
how the system works, but when we go to Budapest tomorrow and visit the
parliamentary building, I’m sure that we will know
everything about it.
Now we want
to sleep a bit, because it was a long night!!
We miss you
all! See you next week!
Kisses and
love Céline X
