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25th Anniversary and
Friendship
Week in Hungary
September, 2016
Neil Baldwin
Rochdale branch
A small group consisting of Jan and Neil Baldwin from Rochdale branch, Dave and Joyce Tetlow and Mike and
Hazel Emerton from Bolton branch joined the Hungarian celebrations.
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one of us had visited Hungary
before and we were attracted by the
interesting programme of events and we were not disappointed.
We were met at the airport by IPA members and taken to our hotel
in Budapest. On the first evening of the programme there was a welcome
dinner at the hotel where we met IPA members from many other countries
including Canada, Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, USA, Ireland, Sweden
as well as other members from the UK, Harvey Whittam from Thames Valley
and Kiran Gharial from the Metropolitan Police.
The following day we were taken to Hortobagy which is a magnificent,
endless wasteland and is the most natural wonder in Hungary and it is a
world heritage site. There is horse breeding and livestock farming and we
saw an exhibition of traditional horse riding and a horse show. We were
taken around the site on wagons pulled by horses, stopping at various points
where we saw grey cattle, Racka sheep, domesticated buffalo
and Mangalica pigs
In the following days we visited Lake Balaton, which is described as the
“Hungarian Sea” and is a beautiful location. We saw many interesting sites
in Budapest and beyond which included the Castle district and a guided
tour of the Hungarian Parliament building. We sampled Hungarian food and
wine in all the places we visited and an evening meal and cruise on the river
Danube seeing the lights of Budapest.
The final day began at the hotel with a ceremony to celebrate the
anniversary of the Hungarian Section with some of the guests wearing
uniform. Later in the day we travelled to a hotel in the Buda mountains
where we were served with Hungarian dishes and wines. We were
entertained by folk dancers, singers and musicians wearing traditional
costumes. From the hotel patio we had a wonderful view of Budapest by
night. The whole week was a fantastic programme and the last evening was
a very fitting end to our first visit to Hungary.
I know I speak for all our group when I say this was a very well organised
Anniversary and Friendship week and our congratulations must go to the
committee and others who made this an outstanding success.
Well Done IPA Hungary.
Our group from Bolton and Rochdale Mike and Hazel
Emerton Dave Tetlow Jan Baldwin Neil Baldwin and
Joyce Tetlow on the castle walls overlooking Budapest.
At the anniversary ceremony Kiran Gharial Met,
Dave Tetlow Bolton Branch, Neil Baldwin Rochdale
Branch and Lech Reliszko RCMP retired
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