Castle Peles, in the Carpathian Mountains.
How do you tell parents that you didn't bring back their sons because you thought it was a good idea to let them play with a lion?
The Assistant Village Idiot tries to restrain communism at Szoborpark, outside Budapest.
They dealt with the socialist-art statuary left over from communist days in an intriguing manner. They didn't want to destroy it, as that seemed to be just doing what the USSR had done, only in reverse. But they didn't want these visual and philosophical monstrosities around anymore either. So they moved them into a field in a suburban neighborhood outside of town. You can see the houses in the background. The park is work the trip, if you are ever in the area.
We seem to be doing the same thing with Confederate monuments in the South right now. Walhalla, SC, is a long way from the capitol.
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