Day 9, Kiskoros

After leaving Eger this morning we arrived in Kiskoros. Kiskoros is where the poet we discovered, Sandor Petofi, was born and raised. Besides the fact that it was were the poet we discovered lived, this town was occupied by the Soviets after WW II. This town suffered a harsh loss in the population from 1944-1956 when the Hungarian Revolution ended. Of course their have been many revolutions in Hungary but never one so violent. It started as a student demonstration marching on Budapest. As the students reached it the Soviet army, scared by such an outbreak of protesters, decided to start shooting. At this the revolution truly began. The student protesters started swarming military storehouses and took weapons. The Soviets were going to back down but then decided to bring in more troops and crush the rebellion. There we visited many sites like the town square where many people were massacered because they resisted rule. We stayed in an ok hotel while we plotted our next days adventure.