Hungary: Ferihegy International Airport in Budapest

Hungary is a landlocked country in central Europe, bordering with Slovenia, Austria, Croatia, Serbia and Ukraine. The country offers diverse attractions, starting from low mountains, green plains, lakes, rivers, striking culture, alluring architecture and exotic cousins. Hungary is considered one of the 15 most famous tourist destinations in the world. The capital city of Hungary is Budapest that considered as one of the most beautiful cities in the world.  Although, it is relatively small country but has abundant World Heritage Sites, so you can expect all safe, charming and attractive places in Hungary effortlessly.

Budapest, being the capital of Hungary is the most visited tourist destination in Europe. It is also the largest capital city of Europe and well famous for its culture, arts, politics, industry, and tourism. Budapest is the majestic city where you can explore the youthful environment, world class music, vibrating nightlife and natural thermal baths. The city is also called as Paris of the East due to its scenic views but today, we will talk about another exceptional construction of this city, Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport.

Budapest airport is commonly known as Ferihegy International Airport or only Ferihegy. This airport is serving the capital city of Hungry since 1939. It is also the largest airport among four commercial airports of the country. The airport is located 16 km away from the city center and renamed in the honor of Ferenc Liszt who was a well-known composer, teacher and pianist of the 19th century in Budapest. Primarily, the airport offers international flights within Europe to Africa and then Middle East.

The airport has the capacity to handle 8.5 million passengers per year and also served as a base for Ryanair and Wizz Air. The airport has three terminals, named as terminal 1, terminal 2A, and terminal 2B. it also has a small terminal for general aviation flights with a new cargo base. The distance between terminal 2 and 2B is very minimal as compared to terminal 1 which used bus service for passenger’s transportation.

Terminal 1 is mostly used for low-cost airline destinations due to its location in the proximity of Budapest that offers fast transportation of passengers from city center to terminal 1 but terminal 2 is far away from city center, so that it takes 7 to 20 minutes bus ride. You can also book for Budapest airport shuttle for safe and sound transport. The Ferihegy airport is also furnished with all amenities of travelling including ATMs machines, transit area, and currency exchange facility, free Wi-Fi, left luggage, first aid, duty free shops, child care, post office, restaurants and tourists information desk. On the whole, Budapest Ferihegy International airport is the benchmark airport in Hungary, serving the whole country with excellence and supremacy.

The Hungarian Psychologist who Raised Three Geniuses

Are Geniuses made or are born? If you believe that Geniuses are born then someone in Hungary may have proven you wrong already. László Polgár is a chess teacher and psychologist. He is the father of the famous "Polgár sisters": Zsófia, Zsuzsa and Judit whom he trained from the very birth to be chess prodigies. All his daughters excelled in chess so much that two of them became the best women chess player in the world and the third became the second best. It wasn’t by accident he claims, it was intentional. Whether you believe this or not, you are sure to find his theory interesting if you care enough to know the details. 

How to make a Genius

During his student years, László studied intelligence intensely. He went on to say “when I looked at the life stories of geniuses, I found the same thing.. They all started at a very young age.” He believed that when you train a child intensely on a particular subject from a very tender age, that child will grow up to be a genius. He went on to conclude that every healthy child is a potential genius. Long before the birth of his daughters, Lazlo had written a book titled “bring up a genius”. This is the technique that he used to train his children to be chess prodigies.

Polgár Sisters Carrying on the Legacy

The eldest sister, Judith who was the first female Grand master is a strong believer in her father’s philosophy that “Geniuses are made, not born”. She has competed at the highest level in chess, defeating a good number of the toughest chess players in the world. Although she has resigned from competitive chess, chess is still a huge part of the lives of the three sisters. It is certain they will train their children the same way. Judith says her father believes in optimizing childhood instead of just wasting time watching TV or playing outside. The Polgár family remains a strong supporter for homeschooling and early intensive training of children in a specialized field to this day.