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Sep 17, 2009
Plone conference 2009 will take place in great Budapest
End of October, Plone Conference 2009 will take place in a wonderful historical European city. In Budapest, your time outside the conference gives you a chance to go over majestic Danube, to walk through 19th century central Pest streets or to the top of even older Buda hill.
Last week, I spent a holiday week with my wife Marie-Pascale and her two older children in Budapest and Hungary - some of you know that two children is only a small part of our family ;-).
It was an opportunity to meet Balazs Ree - very busy with preparing the event that some of us Plonistas wait the whole year long, our yearly conference.
In Budapest, my family and I had great time visiting the city. I want to tell what where the main highlights of those three days...
We spent the first day walking in Pest. I really enjoyed to discover so many streets with late 19th century buildings from begin to end. I had never realized how rich Budapest had been at that period. I was in particular sensible to the various places where bullet holes are still visible on the facades. I interpreted those holes as signs of the violence of history during WW II and 1956 revolution, combined with the violence of the communist era that did not even take care of fixing them.
Second day brought us to the hill of aristocratic Buda, on the other side of the Danube, where most older historical buildings are to be found. I must say that I was most sensible to the majesty of the Danube. The river is so wide that it could not be crossed by a bridge before 1849. I was really impressed by the river width. When crossing it over the bridges, I enjoyed the scenery on both sides of the city.
Third day best three hours were spent in Szechenyi bath and spa. Using the saunas and the inside pools with thermal water was already a great pleasure. However, the stun came when going outside : the outside pools are surrounded by a gorgeous yellow building from begin of 20th century. The pools are filled with thermal water up to 38°C. There, you can swim, enjoy the scenery or even look to the games of some people that stand playing chess.
I hope that I have convinced you to reserve one day or more aside the conference to enjoy the wonderful city where we will meet end of next month.
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