• Apart from the killer heat we had been having until last week, summer still has its best bits in Hungary. My apology for posting this too late, but we have a new Miss Balaton who will run for the next Miss Universe—or not? The lass has been known as the Britney Spears lookalike; that is the overly tanned beauty on the below picture.
Hate it or like it, you decide. The show itself was probably nothing more than gratuitous nudity and cellulite galore, if I had to be mean. Click here to check the pictures. They may not be safe for office viewing though.
Do correct me if I am wrong, but Miss Balaton Linda Zimány has apparently been on the cover of Playboy and FHM; seeing from her portfolio here. Hm, considering that most beauty pageants emphasize the idea of beauty with a brain, does it mean we have a smart and classy Playboy bunny here? I say give it a shot, Brit—um, Linda!
• Europe’s largest pop festival—Sziget Festival that is—attracted more than 50,000 visitors. Besides the long list of international performers such as Scissor Sisters, Franz Ferdinand, Radiohead, Placebo and Jovanotti, a world record has been broken:
Nearly 1700 volunteers joined the commemorative world record attempt of CowParade Budapest.
Minutes after 7 PM 12 August, Saturday almost 1700 volunteers gathered to form the largest cow mosaic in the world as a commemoration to one of the greatest painter of the 20th century, Tamas Lossonczy.
The record attempt was organized by the team behind CowParade Budapest, a remarkably positive and colourful public art event to celebrate the 102nd birthday of Tamas Lossonczy, doyen of Hungarian painting. The Master is amongst the artists participating in CowParade, but with a remarkable story.
The mosaic was put together on a 1700 sqm territory just across the Main Stage of Sziget Festival. Despite the rain the organizers were only a few dozen people short of the required 1700 volunteers, but even this way the image was clearly visible from high up.
The kids sure had some fun; while us, self confessed hobbits enjoyed to sleep our short silent nights away in our little burrow. Honestly, Budapest was different without the noise they caused as they made their way back home from clubbing. We definitely want more Sziget Festival!
