Budapest

August 22nd-26th – Hungary

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August 26th 2008
After breakfast we hit the road south again, we were only about 20km from the Hungarian border but it was about another 250km to Budapest if we wanted to go that far today. The roads were pretty good despite the sections that had big grooves caused by the many trucks plying this route and we made good progress without having to use the motorways. It was another hot and sunny day and we were travel ... read more

Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest

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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