Heros Square

Budapest

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May 28th 2008
Sunday We arrived in Budapest at about lunch-time on Sunday. It has a really nice feel to it, kind of old-school and not too commercial yet, but still eastern Europe. They cant speak English that well here, but we get by. We got lost coming out of the train station so finding our hostel was a bit of an ordeal but apart from that, we havn't had any troubles really. This hostel is small, v ... 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