St. Stephen's #4

Budapest-Day 1

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November 7th 2008
I write from Budapest, Hungary. Wrote up my notes while I was eating tonight on what I was going to report to you, my wonderful friends and family. Can you tell I’m in a good mood? What a suck up, huh? Well, I had a great day of site seeing and I see on the internet that my house probably had 4 foot drifts of snow in front of it so guess the weather people were right for once and I managed t ... read more

Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest

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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