Horizontal tricolour of red, white and green

*strength (red), faithfulness (white), hope (green)* facade of town council office*

Boys and girls, do you remember learning the origin of your country's flag at school? For me, it was an interesting experience getting to know the history behind each colour and symbol. After one year+ living in Hungary, it's about time that I study the story behind the flag of Hungary. Thank goodness for google and wikipedia!

*see world's newest flag here

Greetings

One of the first things I learnt here is to greet , greet , greet!! There are many rules to greetings in Hungarian. Example, when we see our neighbour(s) or when entering a shop, there are 3 different ways to greet :-

... to someone younger than us (anytime of the day) - singular "Szia! {see-ya}" , plural "Sziasztok {see yas-tok}" basically means "Hello !"

... to someone older than us - "Jó reggelt! {yow raig-gailt}" , "Jó napot! {yow naw-pot}", which means "Good morning!" and "Good day! /Good afternoon!" respectively ..

...Then there's special greetings to women (with highest regard) - "csokolom {cho ko-lom}" ..usually to women elder than us .

I still often mixed-up the greetings and sometimes just say "Hello!" instead :). The funniest would be when you see a group of people (old,young,women altogether) infront of the apartment and you start greeting all 3 different greetings at once ..Phew !:D

What about your town/ city /Country ?