Because they feed on crops and gardens, they are considered nuisance animals. Vegetables are the most common plants they eat in gardens. Salad greens, strawberries, carrots and apples are popular bait items. Alfalfa and clover are their favorite things to eat. Groundhogs belong to the squirrel family, and they are one of 14 marmot species. They are ground animals, but they also climb trees and swim in search of food. They are most active in the morning and evenings, and they eat in a hurry when above ground to stay ahead of predators.
The Grand Budapest Hotel film location: the exterior of the Gorlitzer Warenhaus, Gorlitz, Germany. Photograph: wikimedia / Manecke. The Hotelâs pink birthday-cake exterior, with its funicular railway, is unashamedly a model, but the main location, its expansive fin-de-siecle, lobby is real.
Seasons in Budapest. Spring can be one of the best times to visit, as it brings abundant sunshine and only scattered showers. The temperature starts to rise noticeably in April; highs usually reach 80F (25Â°C) at the end of the month, though short cold spells with ground frost may strike even in the beginning of May.