Hungary and Romania

Ian Wright starts his adventure in Budapest, the capital of Hungary where he finds that tourism has boomed since the fall of communism in 1989. From Budapest he hitches a list to Eger, stopping off on the way at a refuge for zoo animals where he gets friendly with one of the bears. Once in Eger, Ian checks out the city's baroque architecture. Traveling by bus, Ian continues his journey to Hortobagy National Park situated on the Great Plain or Puszta, which covers one third of the country. Ian crosses the Hungarian border into Romania by train, and his first stop is Transylvania's medieval town, Sighisoara. then taking to the road, Ian travels through a landscape of orchard-covered hills to the small town of Bistrita. From Bistrita, Ian travels East to the Romanian capital Bucharest.