Budapest

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I battled an 80's fashion revolution, a ska revival, angry border guards, excessive lard usage, and goose liver...but I survived. And Budapest turns out to be a great city to live in, not just visit. The beer is cheaper than water, beautiful women drive buses, and a day at the baths will cure any hangover. Less than 20 years since the fall of communism and I would say that they are doing pretty good. All in all, as the Hungarians say, "Egészségedre."

The rest of Hungary is a little like the mid-Western U.S. This is pure speculation since I have never been to the mid-West and don't plan on going . Lots of flat land and farms. I visited Lake Balaton, known to the locals as the Hungarian Sea. All I saw was underage drinking and grass on the beach instead of sand. I threw in a picture of Debrecen, the second largest city in Hungary, famous for nothing. I went wine tasting in Eger in the Valley of Beautiful Women. But don't let the name fool you, it's more of a foothill than a valley. Most of the wine is shite, but there is some good Bikaver (bull's blood), a dark and rich red similar to a Syrah.

Statue park is about 30 minutes outside Budapest. After the fall of communism, they had a bunch of heavy statues of communist leaders that they couldn't move, so they left them there and made a park.

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Photos

Castle Hill Reflection
off the Castle Hill Hilton

Castle Hill Reflection Again
off the Castle Hill Hilton

On Margrit Island
Margit Sziget