I hope everyone reads this despite the length. I was completely unaware of the hardships that Hungarians went through after WWII due to Russia's Communist rule. We hear about the Nazi's concentration camps, but we don't hear about the Russian concentration camps that occurred even more recently. Here's some background, thanks to Rick Steves: 2000 years ago the Romans established a settlement in present Budapest and called it Aquincum, meaning "abunda...

After getting back to our hostel at 1:30 because the metro closed down once we got into the city center, luckily not all the way out at the park, and getting up before our other 2 roomates, who we don't know because they were asleep when we got back, we take the 3 hour train to Budapest. We rendezvous with John and Erin, who took an overnight train, at the station and head out to the hotel after buying our Budapest cards-72 hours of transit and discounts...