Today is the first day of winter
Today is the official begining of winter. The search giant celebrates this with a new animated Google doodle.
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Scaring away winter in Mohacs
The centuries-old carnival of the “busojaras” in Mohács is a wonderful folk tradition way down south near Hungary’s border with Croatia. I won’t be able to attend it this year unfortunately, but some of my older photos are posted below.
Half naked santas run in freezing cold too
Every winter brings the annual Santa run in Budapest city centre. Cold weather wasn’t enough to scare away people willing to drop their clothes and join the half naked run in swimsuits.
Half naked santa runners don’t feel cold
There are some people not that much affected by cold temperature as others are. Participants of the half naked santa run feel the same. They are kept warm by their enthusiasm. Here are some thoughts about cold on a not so cold winter day.