I’d forgotten what CNY weather can be like. Right now I’m stuck at Syracuse airport because a huge storm just effectively shut the airport for a few hours. Now it’s clear blue skies and (apart from the soaked ground) looks as little like stormy weather as could be imagined. Hopefully I’ll be able to make it to London tomorrow and then Budapest tomorrow. I’ve been so pampered by the existence of visa waiver programs everywhere that I forgot to check whether Australia and Hungary had such an agreement. The bad news: Australia is about the only country in the western world where you need a visa to get into Hungary. The good news: these visa are issued at the airport. The better news: I found out about this in just enough time to get passport photos for said visa.At this stage the probability of successful travel is over 90%, which might not have been true at various times today.