Just as we thought the summer had arrived, we have had the most incredible flooding in Budapest, with the lower Rakpart road completely covered to a level of about 3m above normal and it threatening to breach the walls by the upper road at some points which would have been disasterous for some who live on the riverbank.
It has led to some novel photo ops, such as pedestrian crossings for Catfish, parking meters for frogs, stop signs in the middle of the river, no overtaking signs for the river traffic and traffic lights for the odd pleasure boat which have certainly livened up life in the city (and created absolute gridlock) and a chance to paddle in the river - and yes it is cold!
Oddly enough - the businesses affected the most seem to have been the boats wwhich are floating restaurants and the ferry companies (I hope they managed to clear out the computers and turn off the electrics)
As the tramtracks have also been flooded in parts, it has also allowed us to recreate scenes more akin to depression era southern states with desolate railway tracks being walked by the destitute in the hope of a lift on the iron horse.mercifully, the waters have now dropped and life is back to normal in the city although some of the damage in the cities close to the Slovak and Austrian borders will take a long longer to resolve
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