Post #1114376
2026-04-13 02:04 UTC
I have a particular fondness for Hungary because I spent a formative time studying there. It was just after The Wall came down. I had so many encounters that conveyed a sense of hope for a bright future. I imagine the squares of Budapest feel like that again right now. ↵
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@shriramk@mastodon.social 2026-04-13 02:05
It was an amazing time. Remember how Prague was "cool"? Budapest was the low-fi version of that — more real. Underground bars, street signs being changed, nobody spoke English, absolute mayhem. If it wouldn't be pretentious I'd write a small memoir of that time: ↵