For some reason, I thought English was widely spoken in Hungary.True, oh sage! Two weeks in Hungary & although the conference was in English nothing else was.
] but not enough to really use a language well. Perhaps the one that spun me out the most was the little *rabbit droppings* that popped up in my coffee after I'd poured in the milk...apparently I'd bought yogurt & I'm still gobsmacked it was runny enough for me to mistake it for milk! 
Cracked the place up but he got his milk. 
I think English is widely spoken throughout Europe as it's the international language of commerce.
French patisseries ~ to die for! And all John wanted was a meat pie or a sausage roll. French, for what it's worth, is my 2nd language so I was sent to ask what the lovely looking roll in the window was. I was pretty sure, whatever it was it wasn't a sausage roll! Thanks to doing spoken French, not just written, I can manage a reasonable"What is that?" And the French are always so delighted if you have a go, no matter how awful your accent is. This lady erupted into beams of delight & very voluble French of which I understood just 1 word: chocolate!
I was happy. 
And it has a chook wing attached! 
