Background: Hungary was part of the polyglot Austro-Hungarian Empire, which collapsed during World War I. The country fell under Communist rule following World War II. In 1956, a revolt and announced withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact were met with a massive military intervention by Moscow. Under the leadership of Janos KADAR in 1968, Hungary began liberalizing its economy, introducing so-called "Goulash Communism." Hungary held its first multiparty elections in 1990 and initiated a free market economy. It joined NATO in 1999 and the EU in 2004.
March 25th 2008Europe » Hungary » Budapest » Buda Now when you hear about guys going away on a jolly this was one of the best Jollies of them all.
The Aberdeen guys left The Granite City at 02:15 to get to Edinburgh to meet the Linlithgow Boys for ... 339 photos[full story]
June 23rd 2008Europe » Hungary » Budapest » Buda As our train pulled away from Bratislava we made our way to Budapest, It was the words of Rod Stewert's song that echoed through my head....and I truely began to wonder of that very same question loo ... 13 photos[full story]
May 24th 2008Europe » Hungary » Budapest » Buda Budapest is an interesting city.
It actually is two towns one named pest and one named buda that were on different sides of the Danube river.. and eventually they joined together to make one town... ... [full story]
May 17th 2008Europe » Hungary » Budapest » Buda Half way there (through Eastern Europe that is)!! I moved out of Ukraine to Hungary to check out the awe insiıring Budapest. First off I can say it was nothing like I had expected, Budapest is H ... 18 photos[full story]
December 25th 2007Europe » Hungary » Budapest » Buda I started planning this trip more than nine months before we left. I worked and re-worked the itinerary constantly. From the start we were certain that we wanted to visit Berlin, Prague and Budapest ... [full story]
January 20th 2008Europe » Hungary » Budapest » Buda Nem a Mikulás bácsi vagyok, hanem Ori.
Tegnap megérkeztem rendben. Már vártak reptéren és az első utunk egy fánkozóba vezetett.
Az első szó, amit Londonban hallottam, nem fogjátok elhinn ... [full story]
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