Friday, June 13, 2008

PHOTO OF THE DAY

BUDAPEST is the city of hot water springs and none more famous than the venerable Széchenyi Baths in Városliget (the City Park).

More famous even than the baths themselves are its waterborne chess fanatics, who are ready to take on all comers day and night, summer, winter autumn and spring.

They have featured in every imaginable tourist guide ever written about Budapest, were even present in the famous Hungarian tourist ads of a few years ago on CNN. Therefore it was high time, they also took pride of place in our blog.

Here they are, for all of you to enjoy, Budapest's aquatic chess wizards in action on a beautiful sunny winter's day in February (water temperature - 38 Celsius).

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