Not Exactly the Wheel of Fortune

No, it is not a remaking of Ferris Bueller's Day Off. This Ferris wheel appeared in Erzsébet Park, where it will live until later in the summer when it moves to the Sziget Festival. Apparently there was a smaller one at the festival last year which was a major hit. Since size matters for so many, they opted for the next larger size this year. While it is waiting to be moved, it is collecting the moola from those who want to eye Budapest like a bird.

The London Eye it is not, but it will do.

Follow Ferris's example, take a day, ride the Ferris wheel and then sit back and watch the classic movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

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Sign of the Times

It is that time of year again, when the Sziget Festival starts to swing into action. This in turn brings out some signage that is only used seasonally. I think they import them from Amsterdam on an "as needed" basis.

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Sziget Festival to Add "high culture" to Program

Having seen this amazing performance in Vietnam this year, it is a "must see" for those coming to the festival.

The Sziget Festival, a week-long musical extravaganza on Budapest's Obuda Island, will offer 35 theatre and ballet performances while Hungarian museums will sponsor 12 events, the festival's media chief told MTI on Friday.

The theatre events will include performances by Danza Contemporanea de Cuba, Stockholm 59 Degrees North and Hofesh Shechter. They will be performed on five different stages during the festival, to run between August 13 and 17, Viktoria Veto said.

A special treat for theater fans might be a performance by the Vietnamese National Water Puppet Theater with its unique visual effects and unusual figures.

Museums, including the Museum of Fine Arts, the National Gallery, the National Museum and other large public collections, will have an opportunity to offer their own programs at the festival for the first time ever.

Similarly to earlier years, the literary events will serve to complement the festival's main profile which is music for the younger set.

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