Budapest

Sun is out again, 25 degrees after yesterday's cold wet snap.Crossed into Hungary early this morning after purchasing my vignette (road tax for visitors) 25 Euros for 10 days, I think I will suggest to the Hungarian government that they spend some of it on the roads! It is difficult enough navigating in a foreign language without having to constantly swerve about on the motorway avoiding holes! First stop was memento park on the way in, a reminder of the time when Hungary was a communist state, got to hand it to the government, they could have destroyed all evidence of the Russian art rather than display it in a park, mind you the remains of Stalin's statue(his boots) is a bit of a finger to the Ruskies. Better watch what I am saying you never know who is Lenin over your shoulder.Read more