Budapest Parliament

Days 33 & 34 - Budapest

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June 24th 2011
Day 33 22nd June Budapest We cycled to the station. Boris & Big Bess were left to fend for themselves for the day – unceremoniously chained up outside the scruffiest computer railway station I have ever seen. Evidence of the communist era was everywhere. Every bit of concrete underfoot was crumbling and bulging up like an earthquake victim, everywhere was grey, very grey, no flowers or flow ... 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