Budapest - Hungary, where all men look like Ben's dad... well at least one anyway.
June 16th 2008 Greetings from Buda or was it Pest???
Our visit to Budapest was a bit of a whirlwind we had a day and a half to visit all the main sights. We arrived late and found our way to the wonderful Alfa hostel. We were later than we thought as we changed time zones, now we are 8 hours behind Melbourne. As Budapest is divided in half by a river, one side is named 'Buda' and the other side 'Pest'. Ou
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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 
