In this episode of Budacast, Hungary's online radio show (and podcast)... You really can win, really! This is our third episode of Sziget Six which gets you closer to winning a free pass for a full day of music and mayhem at Budapest's biggest, best and brashest music festival of the summer, the Sziget. Answer all six trivia questions and send them in by 23 July.

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In the first of our series called 'Best Guest' we talk to visitors about what they're enjoying in Budapest and where they stayed. This month's episode took place at Budapest's Star Hotel. "It's new and it feels fresh," according to Swedish guests who stayed at the Star. Budacast's Best Guest is sponsored by Mellow Mood hotels and hostels, offering great places to stay in the Hungarian capital. To find a Mellow Mood hotel or hostel that will suit your budget, go to the lower left hand side of the Budacast website and click on the ad for Mellow Mood.

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In this episode of Budacast we introduce you to the 'etkezde', a modest and inexpensive type of Hungarian restaurant where you can order from the daily bill of fare and eat something real and local for a nice price. Hear a recording made in 1993 of my visit to the Bakats Etkezde, where I was a regular diner for a couple of years. As I hear Lajos bacsi calling out the orders I can almost see the wooden paneling and the checkered table clothes... Jo etvagyat!

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It's the second question in Budacast's Sziget Six Trivia Contest. Win a FREE pass to Hungary's biggest outdoor music festival by answering all six of our trivia questions. E-mail your answers to: drew AT budacast.hu and don't forget to let us know about the text or audio comment that you left for Budacast. We want to hear about your Sziget memories or what you'd like to do this year at the Festival. Stay tuned!

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The first episode of 'Sziget Six' - Win entry to the Sziget Festival! Budacast is giving away 10 day passes to the Sziget Festival, Budapest’s biggest outdoor music and cultural event. To win a free day pass to the Sziget here’s what you need to do: 1. Listen to the latest episodes of Budacast and answer our 6 trivia questions over the next 6 weeks. 2. Send us an audio or text comment (on the site) with your name, where you’re from and a good memory from the Sziget Festival, or tell us what you’d like to do at the Festival and why. 3. Send all 6 of your answers to our trivia questions and identify your comment by 22 July to: drew AT budacast.hu The first Sziget Six trivia question appears in the June 18 episode of Budacast. Winners will be announced on Budacast on Wednesday, 23 July.

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In this episode of Budacast our expert Aron Mozes from Mellow Mood hotels and hostels gives us the scoop on how Hungarians beat the heat during the summer. Aron describes 'strand' culture - the Hungarian beach - as well as Budapest's hot nightlife.

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What listeners are saying about Budacast, Hungary's podcast... "Awesome! I lived in budapest from 93-95...miss it so much i might be going back soon!" In this episode of Budacast, Budapest-based photographer Andreea Anca Strauss who says her love affair with photography started in 1996 when she took her first photographs in Bosnia, where she was surrounded by great photographers and journalists.

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This episode of Budacast features an update, announcements, links and a little about you Budacasters who are staying tuned... For one, have you been to one of Budapest's open-air vegetable markets lately? Well the strawberries are succulent and the cherries are a popping with flavor. Indeed, these are the salad days in Budapest when our weaved baskets floweth over with gorgeous fruit that is delicious and which rots. Get it while it's hot!

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What listeners are saying about Budacast, Hungary's podcast: "Taking the chance to thank you for your great podcasts. I'm not new to Budapest but sill enjoy your stories a lot." In this episode of Budacast, the Budacast Bull Session crew saunter into Budapest's VAM Design Center to check out their facility's "fab rehab". Our Hungarian word of the day is "meleg" and the crazy Hungarian story is about the beer that almost got spilled in Cafe Csiga.

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Hear what listeners are saying about Hungary's podcast: "Just to say I've been listening to your show for a while now and really love it!! The Paris courtyard was a place I've totally overlooked too. It is great to get the low-down on the topical stuff going on in Bp and elsewhere, esp. when I really don't have much command of the language yet (I'm an Irish student studying here)!" In this archival episode of Budacast, Mark Griffith and I hit Budapest's famous Nagyvasarcsarnok, the 'Grand Market Hall' to divulge in Hungary's artery-clogging treat, 'langos' - a golden brown disk of fried dough typically topped with sour cream, grated cheese and sometimes a bit of garlic oil.

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Places to go in Budapest. In the first of a series Budacast introduces you to art historian, tour guide and antiquities consultant Jeff Taylor. Jeff takes us to Budapests 'Parisian Courtyard', a stunning landmark in Budapest that's in need of a little tender loving care.

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Hear what listener are saying about Budacast: "Great podcast. Your shows are always well done and interesting. Hope to visit Budapest sometime soon." In the 3rd episode of our interview series with the author of the Bradt Travel Guides to Budapest and to Hungary, Adrian Phillips tells us about Budapest's cafe culture and its renaissance and paints a portrait of the Hungarian countryside, including the wonderful university town, Szeged.

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In this episode of Budacast, Bianca and I catch up, have a glass of skin, and talk about Hungary's cure-all for everything that ails you. And we give you tips for great stuff to do in Budapest in the month of May (2008). Find links to the the Budapest Palinka Festival and the Museum of Fine Arts in the "Around the Web" Section of Budacast!

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What one listener says about Budacast, Hungary's podcast: "Nice work on the podcast. I downloaded all of them and listened to them on a recent 4500 mile ocean voyage from California to Florida and enjoyed them a great deal." In this episode of Budacast Izabella and I 'poke around the piac' - we take you to Budapest's Ecseri flea market and find food, fun and a flycatcher.

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Here in Hungary, one of the most attractive things in Budapest is that it still has a thriving city center, where people live, shop and socialize. But anyone who's walked around Budapest lately has probably noticed a lot of empty storefronts. It makes me wonder if the proliferation of shopping malls here will lead to the same blight suffered by my hometown back in the US. Keeping all that in mind, the other weekend Izabella and I went shopping at the new mall, the Arena Plaza, which was built on the site formerly inhabited by Budapest's funky old horseracing track.

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"If you're planning a trip to Budapest or other parts of Hungary or just have an interest in Hungarian culture, I highly recommend tuning in to Budacast.hu." - Amanda Kendle, Suite101.com In this episode of Budacast we talk to massive media star Attila Till about riding his bike around Budapest and about an upcoming 'all bikes, no cars' event called Critical Mass, happening 20 April in the Hungarian capital. Till is the host of Hungarian TV shows like Big Brother and Megasztar.

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"Budacast is not a visitor's all-inclusive programme guide to Budapest. But it has never pretended to be. It is a user- (and visitor-) friendly podcast and site that will provide the listener with a uniquely characteristic taste of the Hungarian capital. A taste that isn't likely to be found in tourist guides..." This episode of Budacast let's you enjoy the sights, sounds and smells of the Hungarian countryside, starring a magyar Porky Pig. Stay tuned!

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What one listener thinks of Budacast: 'Neat - succinct and easy to follow, very well put together' This episode of Budacast features the 'dueling Andrews', who gave us some tips for things going on in the Hungarian capital and how it's their mission to try and do this every week on their events portal: www.thehub.hu

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In this Bull Session for the week ending 28 March, Bianca and I speak about all the great cultural happenings this week, chilling out in Hungary's wine regions and our general BS.

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A marketing pro with over two decades of experience, Alain Heureux says that marketers have taken notice of how we spend our time these days on the internet. President of the Interactive Advertising Bureau in Europe, Mr. Heureux explains that advertisers and media agencies are rapidly shifting massive amounts of money from traditional media to digital interactive media, what is even more exciting is that traditional players like publishers and broadcasters are also entering the digital landscape as they develop their websites, portals, digital television and podcasts. The development and growth of digital media in Central and Eastern Europe is even more exciting he says because of both the youthful, tech savvy populations in those countries and young creative marketers throughout the region.

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Find out what my grandmother is listening to when she's not watching Oprah. Stay tuned! Uncle Drew www.budacast.hu

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Introducing the Budapest Bull Session with Bianca, a regular feature here on Budacast. In this show we talk about an 80s dance party, Budapest's thermal baths, where to go for a Thai massage in the Hungarian capital and more.

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Way back in the early 1990’s an American named Phil Lewis ran a film production company here in Budapest. Like a lot of foreigners living in Hungary, Phil eventually moved on, but today he’s back in town doing great things to bolster the art scene in Hungary and around the world. Come along on our little tour of the Castle District and hear how a 20th century Hungarian painting turns into a fairly valuable commodity, with a little help from the "Picasso factor".

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Let's say you're just coming to Budapest for a few days and not only want to taste a bit of Hungarian wine and the delights of the Magyar kitchen but also want a little background about what you're eating and drinking. Well local tour company absolute walking tours has put together a package just for you. The Hungaro Gastro tour let's you sample a wide range of Hungarian eats and drinks over the course of an evening and takes place at three different venues in Budapest. Absolute Walking Tours invited Budacast to join Karen and Norm Soucy of Atlanta, Georgia as they embarked on the Hungaro Gastro tour. And it turned out to be one hell of a night out.

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Any trip to Budapest is not complete without a trip to one of the capital's thermal baths. But there are several ways of taking the waters depending on which bathhouse you choose to visit. One of the most unique is the Rudas baths which were built by the Turks in the 16th century. Even though the mosque-like atmosphere has been open to women on Tuesdays for the last two years since the bathhouse's renovation, in my mind it is still essentially a place for men. Take a tour of the Rudas with Budacast!

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Things get a little sleepy around Budapest between the holidays as many of the locals either travel home somewhere to the Hungarian countryside or stay at home with their families. But that doesn't mean that there aren't great things to do and places to go. A guy named Simon and his girlfriend left us a message, asking for a few suggestions - so we've assembled a panel of "experts" on this edition of Budacast to offer them some travel tips.

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