Chris Amato-Hungary

Flag:hungary-flag.gif The flag is a tri colored flag with red, white and green horizontal stripes. The design of the flag was inspired by the "French Tricolore". The green colored stripe represents the feeling of hope. The red and white part stands for strength and fidelity.
President:hungarian_presidenyt.jpg This is their president Pal Schmitt.
Capital: The capital of Hunagry is Budapest. budapest_fisher_bastion15.jpg This is a picture of their capitol building.
Fishermens Bastion-Visitors come here to climb to the top to photograph and watch the surroundings.
Hungarian Parliament Building-It took over 40 million bricks to build it in 20 years.
Money: Hungarys money was known as Hungarian Forintcurrency_looks_like_hungar1.gif This is a picture of one of their dollars.

History:
  1. Hungary is one of the oldest countries in Europe, founded way back in the year 896.
  2. The noiseless match, Rubik's cube, holography, ballpoint pen, theory of the hydrogen bomb, BASIC programming language and the krypton electric bulb were invented by Hungarians.
  3. As per EU statistics, Hungary has the highest death rate by cancer in Europe and also the highest female suicide rate.
  4. Hungarian language is also known as Magyar and is the descendent of the language spoken by the Huns, who also gave the country its name.
  5. Hungary was among the first communist-era countries that opposed the Soviet leaders during the Cold War.
Food:
  1. Hungarian Goulish is a food with meats and veggies. GoulishHungaryGoulash.jpg
  2. Somloi galuska is a decadent sponge cake containg rum sauce, vanilla cream, and chocolate syrup.
  3. Dobos torta is another sponge cake topped with caramel.
  4. Porkolt is another soup with meats and veggies.
  5. Langos is a traditional bread that is fried.
  6. Gundel pancakes cooked chestnuts mashed, topped with whipped cream,
  7. Rakott Burgonya sausage, potatoes and hard-cooked eggs. .
  8. Túrós csusza is pasta with curd and sour cream.
  9. Bableves (bean soup) sometimes contains meat.
  10. Unicum is a bitter liqueur that can be drank after a meal or to help digestion.
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What I Learned: I've learned the about what Hungarys culture is, and their traditional foods, and much more. I learned what their flag was and what it stood for by the stripes and what it symbolizes. Hungarys president is Pal Schmitt. Their capitol is Budapest. Some of their landmarks is Fishermens Bastion who come there to climb to the top to get photographed and watch the surroundings. Another is the Hungarian Parliament Building which took over 40 million bricks and took 20 yrs.

Hungary's currency is known as Hungarian Forint. Hungary is one of the oldest countries in Europe founded way back in 896. They created many inventions like the ballpoint pen, the Rubiks cube, and also the theory of the hydrogen bomb. Some Hungarians foods are Goulish, Somloi Galuska, Dobos Torta, Porkolt, Langos, and more. Hungarians are mostly known for their Goulish which is a soup made with meat and veggies. Hungarys population is still growing from all the tourist attractions and other features.

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Score: 155/150