Hungary for a new adventure – Flavors of Budapest – Seeking Ruin Bar Shawarma

If this were a normal recounting, I’d be writing about my time in Budapest in rather rapturous detail because the city in the summer is a visitor’s dream. But, if you were with me at the beginning of this tale, …

Hungary for a new adventure – A soupçon of the 20th century – part 3

The previous post ended with the eruption of chaos and violence among the demonstrators in Kossuth Square, the AVH, and the Soviet Army. As reports spread about the events in Budapest, [Photo From Museum of the Hungarian Parliament]. so did …

Hungary for a new adventure – A soupçon of the 20th century – part 2

Maybe not better red than… The Second World War had ended. Hungary had signed the 1947 Treaty of Paris returning it to its pre-1938 borders. Unlike Yugoslavia where Tito’s Partisans had ruled the day, the Soviet Army played a major role …