Established free elections. When Hungary allowed thousands of refugees to pass through the country, it played a major role in the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain. Since the collapse of the USSR in 1991, Hungary has been developing close political and economical ties to Western Europe. Doing better than some countries in Eastern Europe. Hungary does not look like it just stepped out of Communism.
Outward appearances are modern, especially in Budapest.
Hungary is mostly plains Hungary is completely landlocked, the Danube River provides navigation routes. To the east are agricultural farms. The smoothest entry into Eastern Europe has been said to be through Hungary. Kiss the friends you make on both cheeks. We must purchase a post-Communism map if we don't want to get lost by wrong street names.