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07.09.2019 Hungarian, Buda and Pest. In Czech Republic and Slovakia, we were able to figure out the meaning of some words and pick up a few expressions (our favourite one being 'Ahoj!' for 'Hello!'), but neither these tiny bits of vocab nor the foreign languages that we speak are of much help when it comes to understanding Hungarian. This language is not related to any other European language – there might be a link to Finnish, but experts disagree on this question – and so there are not many transparent words and it is hard for us to read road signs, menus or websites. It must be a difficult language to learn, but it is probably also hard for Hungarians to study foreign languages. Luckily, many young people here speak English well, and so somebody could tell us that the reason for Hungary's linguistic island position is the fact that the first Hungarians once arrived as nomads from Asia and thus imported a totally new language. The past few days we spent our time in Budapest, the capital of Hungary. It's a really beautiful and interesting city that bears traces of Slavic, Roman, Turkish, Soviet and Austrian influence. However, after visiting Vienna, Bratislava and now Budapest within a short time we are a little bit tired of big cities and are eager to cycle down to Balaton and along the lake. #scoutbound #budapest #buda #pest #hungary #turkish #slavic #vienna #bratislava #communism #donau #danube #austria #bohemia #warmshowers #europe #tour #balkan #scouts #dpsg #cycling #bike #velo #camping #biketouring #cyclinglife #cyclinglover #touringlife #adventure #lessborderslessvisa

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