All posts tagged: Kecskemét

Important Places for Kecskemet Kodaly Institute Students Part 3

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Welcome to the final installment of ‘Important Places for Kecskemet Kodaly Institute Students’! Kodaly Memorial, Calvinist Church, Town Hall & Big Church Exit institute, turn left. Walk towards the square. On your right is the beautiful Kodaly memorial and Calvinist church. Head towards the ‘street’ between the big yellow church and the town hall (the beautiful building with the most amazing set of carillon bells that play well-known melodies… if you pay attention in Hungarian Music History class, you might actually identify quite a few of those) 🙂 Tourist Information Centre If this is your first time to Kecskemet, this place might be of some help. The Tourist Information Centre of Kecskemet can be found nestled in the corner between the town hall & big church. For other things, keep walking straight. Hair-cut I usually get my haircut in this building. The men’s on the ground floor. You can’t miss it when you walk straight. Before crossing the road to the hairdresser’s, if you turn right, you should see Malom in the distance. (Scroll down …

Important Places for Kecskemet Kodaly Institute Students Part 2

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Here goes Part 2. Exit the Institute and turn right. This fascinating street holds many secrets. For starters, there’s a shop that sells yarns and the old auntie there can help sew on buttons for you for a very small fee (if you buy the string from her I think). Strings and Other Things Food & Beverage (F&B) Galore Now on to one of my favourite topics… F&B. Here’s a Kavezo that sells main courses where you can sit outdoors when the weather is mild. I don’t think food here is particularly fantastic compared to Caesar’s or Csarda but it will suffice if one is lazy to walk. Valentino, My Love Moving further on is Valentino Kávéház which serves excellent coffee & tea in very nice cups and tea sets. A fantastic place to have a quick cuppa, chill out near school. Bakeries, Our Life-Savers in Between Classes Towards the end of the street is a bakery where you can buy bread when in a rush for time in between classes. Turn left and you …

Important Places for Kecskemet Kodaly Institute Students Part 1

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Singaporean’s national hobby is having good food so apologies in advance if the following blog post shows this predilection… Below are pictures that show the way to an excellent Italian restaurant known as Cezar (Caesar) Restaurant. Along the way, there are many other things that any foreigner living or studying in Kecskemét should take note of for one’s convenience and daily living. It must be noted that this series of posts takes reference from the Kodaly Institute since that is where we study, live & play. Here goes: Kodaly Institute, the Best Pedagogical Institute in the World (Sorry for the shameless promotion of my alma mater, I do that a lot…). Leave the Kodaly Institute & turn left. Vincent’s, the Best Cake in Town Turn right at the corner, keeping church on your left. Vincent’s is just a few steps away (on your right). This is one of the most important places for Kodaly Institute students… because Vincent’s has some of the best pastries & sweets (desserts) in town. Most cakes costs c.a. 500HUF. Drinks …

How to get to Ferihegy Railway Station from the Budapest Airport (By Bus)

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I just realised how complicated it can be to find one’s way to Budapest/Kecskemét upon arrival at the airport after a colleague from Singapore got in touch saying he was going to visit. Here’s a blog entry with pictures to help all future English-speaking Kodaly Institute/Liszt Academy students and/or first-time visitors who are non-native speakers on how to get oneself to the “Ferihegy Railway Station” from the Liszt Ferenc Airport Terminal 2. Look for the sign below upon exit from the airport and take public bus No. 200E. Bus tickets are available from the Jegyek (Ticket) vending machine. Sometimes, the bus driver will also have tickets for sale for you. Bus 200E takes c.a. 10 min to reach Ferihegy Railway Station. The Hungarian name for this is Ferihegy Vasútállomás (fair-read-hedge vor-shoe-tah-low-mahsh). I would do this in IPA to be absolutely scientific about it but considering most people don’t do IPA, I shan’t bother. I would suggest writing this out on a piece of paper and ask the people on the bus. You might find the …