I walked around, a lot, and tried to remember places where I have been previously. My first visit to Budapest was 21 years ago, part of InterRail tour with my friends. Travelling was a bit different on that time and buying a monthly train ticket across to Europe was the most convenient way of travelling. No common currency in Europe, no credit cards, but travel cheques, no Internet to check places or GPS for current location, passport checks in every border, and so on.
Has Budapest evolved to better during these 20 years?
We're stopped by the police in the peaceful evening and our passports were checked carefully; the taxi driver introduced a huge knife he has under the seat; we were caught by the inspector of the metro, ticket less, and the pride of 5 finnish markka was enough to let us go after an hour "interview".
All that have changed since then, or have we changed? :)
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