More bend than Beckham

Roadworks is an oxymoron

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April 22nd 2006
A quick bit of shopping in the morning to complete our list of Hungarian essentials, before we braved the haphazard road system with Marti heading to Viségrad for the afternoon. Following public pressure (not coincidentally there’s a general election this year - hmmmm), the Hungarian government has recently begun a massive project to upgrade the roads in Budapest that have been neglected for ... 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