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GYORGY E. SZONYI - BEAUTIFUL ZEMPLEN VIDEO SERIES IS OUTSTANDING!

What Mr. Szonyi has to say about his video series:

Zemplen is a region in the North-Eastern corner of Hungary.  One of the most picturesque parts of the country, characterized by gentle small range hills and lovely valleys, historical towns, medieval churches, Renaissance castles, early modern colleges - witnesses of vital periods of Hungarian history.  This four part video commemorates a long weekend trip beautified by the superb Fall colors of late October, 2018.  I hope my viewers will share my enthusiasm for that region and might even be inspired to plan a visit there.

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Friends, as I sometimes do, I found this series searching on YouTube.  It was posted in 2021 and it's outstanding. The photography, voice-over, the pacing, the editing, the sound - music, all of it was outstanding. I highly recommend that you begin with the above video and then watch all four on Zemplen. 

Fuzer Castle, which I most often have seen photos of as a ruin, has been rehabed including the interiors.

As this man (and perhaps his wife) traveled from town to town, I recall using maps and realizing how close these settlements are. And he is right about the historical nature of the region, which was effected by partition so that some of it is now in Slovakia.  I look forward to other videos and more travel.  Enjoy these!

SAYS WHO?

 

THANKSGIVING

 So much to be thankful for....

Annyira hálásnak kell lenni

MORNING

 

ARE YOU A HUNGARIAN AMERICAN WHO HAS BEEN DEALING WITH STEREOTYPES?

 

I would like to hear from you?  What have you dealt with?  Was it funny? Were you offended?

Send me a message in COMMENTS!

THANK YOU!

HOUSE OF HUNGARY IN SAN DIEGO REOPENED

SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA HOUSE OF HUNGARY  One of the International Cottages in Balboa Park, San Diego, and first built in 1936 for an exposition, the house is open again and traditionally celebrates Christmas and other holidays. Hungarians of San Diego maintained a presence and contributed so the cottage could continue. (Read the history and the Hungarians who have been instrumental are named there.)

The house maintains a small library of books in Hungarian language.

ST EMERIC FEAST DAY

If you have a Hungarian ancestor named Americus,

 he may actually have been named after Saint Emeric, 

rather than the United States of America.

His father was Saint Stephen,

 and he was to follow him onto the throne of Hungary,

 but he was killed while hunting wild boar.  

The boar got him and he was about thirty years old at the time.

Another version of the name Emeric is Henry.

POISED