Danube River Cruise Part II - Budapest cont.
Wednesday 8 August
After breakfast, a city tour of Budapest. Our first stop was at Freedom Park, an important location for the 1956 Revolution, when Hungary threw off Communism for a few weeks. At one side of the park is a building then used by the Hungarian Communist Party & some shootings took place there. We spoke with a chemical engineer who was a child at the time. He gave some history and his own experiences. A vitally important event for Hungarian history & national pride (particularly now that communism is gone for good) but I didn't find him very enthralling.
( Now for something more enthralling )
After breakfast, a city tour of Budapest. Our first stop was at Freedom Park, an important location for the 1956 Revolution, when Hungary threw off Communism for a few weeks. At one side of the park is a building then used by the Hungarian Communist Party & some shootings took place there. We spoke with a chemical engineer who was a child at the time. He gave some history and his own experiences. A vitally important event for Hungarian history & national pride (particularly now that communism is gone for good) but I didn't find him very enthralling.
( Now for something more enthralling )