On the third day, we went to Memento Park, where the Hungarians placed all the Soviet and Communist icons (in case they take over again, according to one of our guides).

Workers hands holding a sphere, which once also held a red star.

Hungarian woman and Soviet woman letting the Doves of Peace go. Propaganda?

Dedication to the Party.

Guy who forgot his towel at the Hot Spring? Actually, it depicts a worker charging forward with the Soviet flag.

Workers and aristocrats (Habsburg empire) both become soldiers (leader Bela Kun is leader in middle). Lamppost symbolizes the gallows, reminding us that Kun was executed.

Here are replicas of the boots from a statue of Stalin; he was “cut off at the knees” during the 1956 uprising. This building, styled after a gulag barracks, also had a theater showing training films for the secret police (how to spy on your comrades).

Above is a Russian limousine used by one of the hotels. After lunch, we wandered around the hills of Buda for a bit, until we left for the airport. Below is part of the 13th century wall that was left as part of the Hilton hotel where we stayed, preserving part of the old Dominican abbey.

• Europe 2018