http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Lake-Balaton/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Hungary , Lake Balaton en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:31:07 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:31:07 UTC We awoke this morning and I had definitely woken up on the wrong side of the bunk. After the mess up with the room I was definitely missing the ensuite we were supposed to have after an hour wait for the bathroom I was not impressed.After some sulking I noticed the shining sun and after so much rain all traces of bad mood evaporated. I slung on my bikini and stepped out into glorious sunshine and http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Lake-Balaton/blog-335012.html This posting is a day late due to technical difficulties which were solved by a friendly computer store which restored my Windows. Today we drove from Budapest to Heviz which is a resort town on Lake Balaton. There is a 4 hectare hot springlake and Europeans travel here for therapeutic reasons. Very picturesque town but still lots of tourists even though the temperature continues to be cool. Hote http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Lake-Balaton/blog-325370.html Tulimme Balatonille illaksi ja ajoimme Rozyn talolle sill hn oli luvannut meille taas majoituksen samaan vanhaan taloon miss olimme mennessmmekin. Meill oli kuitenkin vastassa rdquojrkytysrdquo sill Rozy oli majoittanut sinne toisia vieraita Jnosin oppilaita Rozyn kansainvlisestikin kuuluisa huilistimies piti Balatonudvrissa huilun mestarikursseja opiskelijoille ja kurssi alkoi http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Lake-Balaton/blog-313028.html Viela lisaankin yhden jutun jonka olen unohtanut blogista...Taa on kesakuulta.24.6. ByrokratiaahellipTm on uskomattoman byrokraattinen maahellip ihan kuin kaikki kunnon Eurooppalaiset maat Ranka Italia Espanjahellip En ole onneksi kovin paljoa joutunut nihin rattaisiin mutta sekin vh on kyll tehnyt vaikutuksen Viimeksi tnn mennessni Margitin saarelle. Lmp oli noin 45 aur http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Lake-Balaton/blog-301548.html Am sitting in a lounge listening to some dj playing nice afternoon sun music. It's a bit too loud for conversation but who needs conversation when you can just chill out watching glorious lake Balaton it's shore line just a few meters away. Apparently the festival is sold out 120 000 tickets and the party is on till late into the night. Vanessa waking up at 4.30 last night said that the m http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Lake-Balaton/blog-298755.html 10.6 TiistainaTaivas oli sininen ja mittarissa elohopea kohosi jo aamusta 30. Lhdimme ajelemaan lheiseen kaupunkiin Szerencsiin. Olimme kuulleet ett siell olisi jonkinlainen kylpyl Ajatuksissamme oli ett otamme pivn aurinkoa uimme altaassa ja symme evitmme. Kvimmekin ruokaostoksilla tt ajatellen Kolbasia savujuustoa dieetti Cocosta ja hedelmi. Sitten ei kun kohti kylpyl http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Lake-Balaton/blog-286229.html Lake Balaton is known to the mighty Magyars as the Hungarian Sea. All I saw was people desperate for a coastline and only a 12 hour drive from the nearest real ocean. I was told there were beaches. There were but they were all grass...not a grain of sand to be found. I was told there are parties. In reality it was half the high school population of Hungary age 1316 getting wasted. I have http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Lake-Balaton/blog-200935.html Hi guys...Ian on the Mic ...big shout out...bigadibigadibonga bit behind here on the blog as been getting some serious miles in across Hungary just read an email about his mileages from Chris Edm that has just made my head spin dude give it a restSeems so long ago that we crossed the Danube and into Hungary. We headed straight down to Budpest stopping over night at a 'Danube bend vill http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Lake-Balaton/blog-200796.html Woke up to another cloudy day alot of campers were pacing up as the storms were meant to contuine for the next cople of days. We have already had one thunderstorm and as i am writing this another is on the way. No muh to report still being lazy. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Lake-Balaton/blog-191037.html Woke up to a cloudy sky but still pretty hot. We were invited over to our Austrian neighbours to show as a snake slithering it was along the ground just the ticket we were on high alert of snakes during the day. The sun came out with intense heat and we dipped in the lake matt was kindly told he could borrow a windsurfer from a Hungarian couple staying at the campsite and he pottered around http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Lake-Balaton/blog-191036.html Leaving the hotel we made our way to campsite not far about a forty minute drive on the side of Lake Balaton. The area is stunning the lake is shalow and very murky but everyone seems to get in and enjoy it. We discovered the lake had in house snakes which only eat mossies for dinner i made a decision not to hang around too long in the lake . We cilled out in the sun meet the neighbours an http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Lake-Balaton/blog-191034.html We left Slovenia driving through Austria into Hungary. It was a pretty long day arriving on the shores of Lake Balaton in Hungry a very beautiful lake were tourists flock to. We decided to go for a hotel break and found a great one on the shores of the Lake. We enjoyed a night of pampering spa sauna pool and a room slightly bigger than that of the camper with a bathroom attached. We walked to http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Lake-Balaton/blog-191031.html Hungary was one of the first Eastern European countries to break free from the Soviet communist administration. The openness factor in addition to a wide variety of sights a fascinating history and a comparatively cheap although it probably caught up pricewise since then... market helped getting the attention from Germans Scandinavians Austrians Americans and other tourists who were bored http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Lake-Balaton/blog-182454.html The Balaton lake is the most greather lake of Europe . Siofok it is necessary to be in summer in Hungaryjoined the European young people for family young and friendly peoples the beaches the discos music bars concerts shopping and restaurants will ensure the festival and the relaxation for a cheap budget for stay only in summer . http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Lake-Balaton/blog-167083.html midnight escape to hungary http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Lake-Balaton/blog-126649.html Hello again. I hope that you all find this alright as some of you havnt been getting the mailouts. I appologise for my missed apostropes. I have found them on the hungarian keyboard but its still tough to retrain my fingers. But realistically my secret is out I talk a lot more properly than I wright. hope you can read this.After a relaxing stay at Pr'Tatko in Podkoren Slovenia near to the I http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Lake-Balaton/blog-123967.html After arriving in another new city late on a Saturday afternoon it was decided that Sunday would be put aside for sightseeing. As luck would have it Sunday also turned out to be St. Stephens Day a big national festival here in Hungary. St. Stephen was the first king of Hungary ruling from 9971038. He turned the nomadic pagan tribes into an independent nation largely by converting everyone to http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Lake-Balaton/blog-82548.html After the 3 hour bus ride into Budapest we quickly made our way to Deli Pu. which was our train station. Having some time to kill and it being dinner time we quickly ran across the road to order a take away pizza for the journey. It took longer than expected and we were almost going to run off without the pizza but it came just in the nick of time When we arrived in Siofok it was after midnight http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Hungary/Lake-Balaton/blog-80716.html