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Edmund Pongratz, the curator of a small museum commemorating the '56 rebellion, in which he took part, explains to Pete how the rebels rigged up artillery cannons captured from the Russians with rope and fired them from a distance.
Date: 08/25/2008
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Pete and I with Edmund pose by a Soviet tank.
Date: 08/25/2008
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Edmund explaining how the rebels used molotav cocktails to defeat Russian tanks.
Date: 08/25/2008
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Pictures from the museum. Notice the decapitated statue of Stalin.
Date: 08/25/2008
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Nakia samples Hungarian grapes.
Date: 08/25/2008
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Eating at a table while camping. Miracles never cease. A young gas station attendant biked with us out of town to show us a good place. By that he meant his father's property outside of town, two ponds surrounded by actual grass, tall shade trees and a
Date: 08/26/2008
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Biking in Hungary.
Date: 08/26/2008
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A pheasant! Drew found this pheasant on the road. It looked unharmed, so we investigated and found it was freshly killed. It was still warm and the blood hadn't coagulated.
Date: 08/26/2008
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So, hey! Pheasant for dinner!
Date: 08/27/2008
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Older style of Hungarian house.
Date: 08/26/2008
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Another older style of well.
Date: 08/26/2008
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Doing what we do best. Bathing on public streets at dusk. Where do we think we are, India? We did get quite a few honks. Appreciative or annoyed, we couldn't tell. It sure feels good to be clean.
Date: 08/27/2008
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