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Syrian migrant crisis in Hungary

As we headed to Keleti train station On the first rainy winter's night in a week of summer with opera tickets in hand, a woman walked past us with tears in her eyes. She was another tourist and as we turned the corner, I could see the cause of her tears.

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Random shots from my week in Budapest

Some snippits of the ones I haven't had time to write about.

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Szentendre and Visegrad

Travelling from Budapest to smaller towns. The old villages are still very much like it was many years ago and has lots of little walkways and alleys to wander through.

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Hidden stories

I'm writing this post on a train to Szentendre heading to the old fortress in Viségrad, a town just outside Buda. As the suburban buildings go by, I'm reminded about the contrasts to the city and in particular, the castle-turned-museum on Castle Hill.