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
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