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Happy Birthday Trams!

This year, Budapest trams are celebrating its 125th birthday (Hungarian). The first tram route in Budapest were built in 1887 and connected …

ATMs

Hungarians like their privacy when they’re at the ATM. One strange thing I observed more or less immediately was that if you …

Attending the Opera–Tips

The Budapest Opera has a fairly good repertoire of ballets and operas on each season. Usually its the same ones year after …

On Culture Shock

I haven’t had too big of an issue with culture shock. I was okay when I arrived. Yes, there are some things …

A Day in the Countryside

A couple weekends ago I went on a day trip into the Hungarian countryside. One of my Hungarian friends invited me, along …