Giving Prague a run for its money

A Hungarian Halloween....

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November 6th 2007
After a horror overnight train stretch from Krakow punctuated by militantly officious border officials at both the Poland/Slovakia and Slovakia/Hungary borders, I arrived bleary eyed in Budapest. While having an armed, overzealous young guard barging into my cabin 4 times throughout the trip, shining a bright torch in my eyes and shouting at me in a foreign language afforded me the excitement of ... read more

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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