On Friday night we went to see Mihály in the house where he was born in the 1940s. We sat around his big desk and talked about Budapest and Hungary. He told us about the history of his country and about the Balkans. He displayed a number of maps, old and new, and showed us how complex the history of the Balkans and its surrounding countries was. After a long chat he played us some Hungarian music and we compared it with Serbian music. We also had time to talk about Liszt, who was born in a small Hungarian village and taught music in Budapest. Apparently, he was very pro-Hungarian but couldn't speak a word of Hungarian.
Mihály is the author of Montenegro's first travel guide and knows Hungary and the Balkans like the palm of his hand.
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