Days 6-8 - Tue. Sept. 27-Thurs. Sept. 29 - Budapest, Nyíregyháza & Pap Our day started a bit earlier than the majority have so far as we were programmed to hit the highways for a drive into Eastern Hungary for a bit of genealogical exploration. Mary Ann’s family emigrated to Canada in the 1930’s from a town known as Pap, pronounced “Pop”. And for a little note of linguistic trivia: the Hungarian language’s closest relative is Finnish. The car rental office was only two blocks from the apartment so we hiked our light luggage over there for a 9 am pickup. Everything was going along smoothly until John gave his name and was told that there was no record of his reservation. The agent checked to see if it had inadvertently gone to another of their
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