Since arriving in Budapest, Hungary I have been surprised and amazed! My favorite site so far has been Hospital in the Rock. Upon touring this site we went through a tunnel system that was built under Buda Castle and included hospital, operating, storage, and communication rooms. The hospital was well equipped for the time with x-ray machines and back up generators. I was so amazed by the fact that everything during the tour was running on those same generators from back when the hospital was in operation. Furthermore, I learned a lot about the impacts of war. Budapest, as a close ally to Germany, was hit hard by the effects of World War II. We were shown many images of the destruction left after the war. Worst of all, not only was the city destroyed, but the hospital was cut off of all supplies. This left the hospital without water and to reuse supplies such as old bandages from dead bodies.
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I I was also shocked that they are still using the same ventalation and heating systems that they used originally.
This was also my favorite place we have been. You learn about Germany in history classes but Budapest is almost leftout or forgotten. I loved learning about it and how they still have uniforms from the time is just shocking and made the tour even better.
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