When:
March 21-30, 2008
Led
by:
Adam Molnar
Featuring:
- Villages,
crafts people, and local folk groups!
- Spring
Festival concerts, ballets, and operas!
- Rehearsal of professional folk
dance ensemble!
- Bela Bartok House and Institute
of Musicology!
- Jewish heritage tour of Budapest!
- Folklore
restaurants, bathe in spas, good shopping!
Price
includes:
-
Round trip air
-
Transfers
-
Hotels
-
Private bus
-
English speaking guide entrance
fees
- Two
meals daily (in Budapest)
- City
sightseeing.
- Concert
tickets
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Price:
Land and air: $3195
About Adam
Molnar
Adam
has his Ph.D. in Oriental Studies, and has lectured
in the history, languages, anthropology, and religious
history of Central Asia at the University of Szeged,
Southern Hungary. His book, "Weather-Magic in Inner Asia" was
published in Bloomington, Indiana. He is Secretary
of the International Society for Shamanistic Research,
publishes Shaman, thejournal of the society,
as well as a book series and the Journal of Hungarian
Heritage for the European Folklore Institute.
As a guide, he offers programs in Hungarian folk dance,
music and crafts. |
Day
1: March 21, Friday:
Departure on Austrian Airlines
from JFK airport in New York
City.
Day
2: March 22, Saturday:
Arrival in Budapest. Transfer
to our four-star superior Artotel
hotel facing the Danube River,
parliament building, and landmark
Chain Bridge. The entire hotel
has been dedicated to Donald
Sultan, a world renowned American
artist, whose works are on
display in public places and
all individual rooms. Meet
our guide, Adam Molnar. Orientation
walking tour and welcome dinner.
Day
3: March 23, Easter Sunday:
Half day sightseeing in Budapest.
Lunch enroute.
Day
4: March 24, Easter Monday:
Walking tour of the Buda Castle
Hill district. Dinner. Evening
concert by the Méta Band
and their guests at the Palace
of Arts.
Day
5: March 25, Tuesday:
Full day trip to the Danube Bend:
Esztergom, medieval Hungarian
capital of Visegrad, the art
colony of Szentendre, a town
with a Mediterranean touch. Lunch
in venison restaurant. Evening
classical concert. |
Day
6: March 26, Wednesday:
Half day sightseeing: Jewish Heritage of Budapest. Dinner. Serbian,
Macedonian, Bulgarian, and Greek dance evening.
Day
7: March 27, Thursday:
Visit rehearsal of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble.
Dinner in a typical Hungarian restaurant.
Day
8: March 28, Friday:
Full day trip to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site of Holloko.
Meet local crafts people, singers, and musicians. Lunch with the
villagers. Evening free.
Day
9: March 29, Saturday:
Half-day tour of Budapest, Old Buda with the Main Square, and a special
folk art exhibit and Roman ruins. Visit the Budapest Museum of Ethnography.
Farewell Dinner.
Day 10:
March 30, Sunday:
Morning transfer to airport. Return to New York.
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