{"id":4593,"date":"2020-05-04T15:35:29","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T19:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/?page_id=4593"},"modified":"2020-05-05T15:08:41","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T19:08:41","slug":"hungary-learning-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/hungary-learning-home","title":{"rendered":"Hungary: Learning at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Get creative<\/strong><br \/>\nOrganize your art supplies and get to crafting. Consider painting your own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripsavvy.com\/hungarian-folk-costumes-1501601\">folk dress<\/a> design, making a Hungarian secret box, or learning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.danslelakehouse.com\/2015\/01\/hungarian-embroidery-101-history.html\">kolacsa embroidery.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Need more inspiration? Check out these <a href=\"https:\/\/artsandculture.google.com\/search\/streetview?q=Hungary&amp;hl=en\">virtual tours<\/a> of famous Hungarian museums and more.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick a film<\/strong><br \/>\nWatch a movie that relates to your destination. Some ideas for Hungary include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An American Rhapsody (2003)<\/li>\n<li>The Turin Horse (2011)<\/li>\n<li>Inferno (2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Study some history<\/strong><br \/>\nDive deep into the history of specific sites you\u2019ll visit on tour. Study Buda and Pest, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/middle-east\/ottoman-empire\">Ottoman Empire<\/a>, and the country\u2019s deep classical music history. Then, tour some of Hungary\u2019s ancient history and modern marvels with this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4k1XX2vW9-4\">virtual reality video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Choose a book<\/strong><br \/>\nRead and discuss a book that takes place in your destination or describes the local culture. Pick from titles like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Invisible Bridge<\/em> by Julie Orringer<\/li>\n<li><em>Under the Frog<\/em> by Tibor Fischer<\/li>\n<li><em>Prague<\/em> by Arthur Phillips<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fill up your plate<\/strong><br \/>\nArrange a potluck and encourage your friends to bring a traditional dish from your destination. Know a chef? Hold a virtual<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hIgdBWdWvIc\"> cooking class<\/a> with your travel group, or support a local restaurant that offers delivery\/take-out of your destination\u2019s cuisine. Try l\u00e1ngos (fry bread), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spendwithpennies.com\/hungarian-goulash\/\">goulash,<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/recipes\/chicken-paprikash-5523405\">chicken paprikash.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn the language<\/strong><br \/>\nCall up a friend or set up a group video chat and practice your language skills. It helps to make flashcards with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duolingo.com\/enroll\/hu\/en\/Learn-Hungarian\">common sayings<\/a> to use on the phone or throughout your travels (think about ordering at restaurants, buying souvenirs, and chatting with locals).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you know?<\/strong><br \/>\nHungarian names are regulated by law!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get creative Organize your art supplies and get to crafting. Consider painting your own folk dress design, making a Hungarian secret box, or learning kolacsa embroidery. Need more inspiration? Check out these virtual tours of famous Hungarian museums and more. Pick a film Watch a movie that relates to your destination. Some ideas for Hungary <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/hungary-learning-home\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4594,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4593","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4593"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4667,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4593\/revisions\/4667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}