A long tour across the cities of Hungary. Traveling towards eastern Europe

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Speaking of this country can not incorporate in a single tour here because I've passed many times in some of which I paused to see a part. Hungary is the same as its capital, the only real big city where all roads converge radial from every direction. If the saying "all roads lead to Rome" is just a way of saying, is the reality that all roads converge on Budapest Hungary. The egotism of the capital is so strong that if you want to go from east to west are forced to move from the center and one of the many bridges crossing the Danube. And the Hungarians might do well to force you to pass from here because Budapest is the only really beautiful thing they have to offer to tourists. For the rest of Hungary, when excluding rare hills, is a great monotonous plains lying in the shadow of the capital. Budapest is a beautiful city with Hapsburg palaces, impressive churches and a magnificent fortress that looks down, the Buda a single city time and time combined with low-Pest. On the Buda side you can climb even with a cable car to visit the romantic crimagliera Fishermen's Bastion, the Matthias polychrome temple which is a wedding favor, even within the equestrian statue of St. Stephen in the royal palace gate on which makes a fine show If a bronze eagle of the Habsburgs. With a bit of cultural baggage we can imagine the coronation of Elizabeth of Austria called Sissi in the Temple of Queen of Hungary Matthias or walking in the gardens of Maria Theresa's palace as he watches the bronze statue of King Matthias Corvinus hunting with his dog. From here you have a panoramic view of Pest with the Basilica di Santo Stefano and pinnacles in Gothic style parliament building that reflects its magnificent facade in the Danube. Pest, the lower town, has wide boulevards and large parks, one of them on holidays is filled with people for the presence of a permanent circus, a playground, a reconstruction of the strange castle that has several architectural styles from medieval the Renaissance and in winter a great hockey rink. But Budapest is identified mainly in the course of the Danube, which here form the islands and is crossed by impressive bridges one of which, one of the chains, is the most famous monument of the city.
Architectural richness obscures the rest of Hungary but in my many journeys I have not given up on visiting other places of which I try to give the following brief description.
Not far from the capital is the country residence of Princess Sissi in Gödöllo. The first time I saw her in '94, in a state of complete abandonment. The imperial palace was so dilapidated that the entrance door was made by a panel of plywood, windows without shutters replaced by nylon, the peeling facade of time. The communist era had not kept the Austro-Hungarian goods but not many years later when I returned I found a refurbished palace in grand style to perfection. How they did to make this metamorphosis in such a short time yet I wonder. Sissi, whose statue in the adjacent garden seemed left to itself can now go back to smile.
To the north east is the village of Godollo Holloko where you can see a corner of Hungary, with old wooden houses, wells characteristic and typical shops. There's also some people in costume, the architecture is well preserved but it is all very touristic.
Towards the border with Romania is the area of Hortobágy, a wild country here called puszta rich in cattle and horses in particular. The most important town of the same name is very touristy town with a big wooden farmhouse, an arched bridge and many souvenir shops.
To Slovakia's instead of Tokay wine region famous for its wine and its wineries, but nothing interesting for tourists.
Hungary has no sea but the Balaton, a lake, long and narrow that spread to the south west of Budapest, is a good substitute. A peninsula juts out from the North Coast and is home to a monastery in Tihany and the rest of the journey is a succession of seaside resorts often choked between railways and the lake except for Kesztely pretty nifty with a wooden pier stretching out over the water. A bit more interesting surroundings of Lake Balaton: Badacsony is a hill and a place where wine is produced in Tapolca, while there are a rather small caves and a park nearby with strange formations of basalt. The near Veszprem has a limestone formation which is a great place.
In the north west, not many km is from Vienna and Bratislava, Fertod, is the palace of the princes Esterazy they had an important role in Hungarian history at the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Nearby there is a lake shared in part with Austria and the medieval town of Sopron. I would also point out Pec, a city in the south very young to the presence of many students, very green because it is rich in parks and rather unusual for Hungary, in fact the area is spread over a hill.
I have visited many other places in this country but much less interesting. But what I like least in Hungary, Hungarians, among all the peoples of Europe among the worst I have known as a character and hospitality towards foreigners. Never trust a Hungarian!