Great Market Hall

This place is massive and has loads of interesting fresh fruit, meat and pastry places on the ground floor and "Hungarian" fast food, stand up bars and souvenir shops up the top.

Behind the Iron Curtain...with a heavy dash of paprika

February 23rd 2008
After another quick and almost painful lesson in European geography we discovered our next stop, Budapest, Hungary, is a lot further away from Venice than we first realised (read: 18 hour train trip with 4 changes) so we decided to be brave and try the overnight train thing (13 hours, no changes). Unfortunately our plans turned a little sour when we both got the flu but being cheapo backpackers w ... read more

Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest

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 milita... ... read more

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