Boys Will Be Boys

A Hungary Weekend

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May 24th 2009
As those of you who are my faithful readers may have noticed, I stopped doing the blog for a while. Although I loved doing it, it does take an enormous amount of time and I began to think of it as a chore. I would spend hours and hours on an entry and then feel as though I was posting it into the ether as I very seldom got any feedback on it. In the past couple of months, however, I have receiv ... 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