At Home In The Wasteland Travel Blog

I was really surprised when my friend Csaba showed me this George Washington statue as we were touring Budapest. You don’t really expect to find many statues of ol’ G. Dub outside the U.S. The statue was erected in 1906 for several reasons: as a sign of unity between the U.S. and Hungary; to honor [...]

This memorial to the Soviet Red Army is situated in Freedom Square (Szabadság tér) in Budapest, Hungary. If you are familiar with World War II and Hungarian history, you will not be surprised to learn that this memorial is quite contentious and is often defaced. It is the last Soviet memorial standing in the city, [...]

One of the major squares in Budapest, Hungary.

Completed in 1904, this Gothic Revival style building is the largest parliament building in Europe. Taken during a March 2005 trip to Budapest.

Well, as you can tell from my previous post, I am back from Budapest and will now write a more detailed entry of my time spent in that lovely city. First, though, a bit about the last day of Lent term. It was a beautiful day in London…the sun was shining, which, let me tell [...]

In short, it is a beautiful city with friendly people and delicious food! I’ll write a more detailed entry later and post some pics. Going to Brussels next, March 28-30. For now, here is a pic of me with a Communist-era statue called The Martyr, which is located in Statue Park, a park outside the [...]

Paper turned in…Lent term over, thank God. And Spring Break commences… Be back on the 24th.