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Europe » Hungary » Central Transdanubia » Lake Balaton July 14th 2017

Alright so I did nothing these past 3 days - when I say there's nothing to do in Revfulop, there is truly nothing but a beach and a path along the lake, so, that was my 3 days plan. Tough life, I'm aware ;) I put the 3 days together for the blog - it's just easier. I gave up on the hostel wifi the first night. Since I'm in the 'do nothing' frame of mind here is a bunch of random thoughts rather than paragraphs. I'm writing this on the last night while a concert is going on... so I might throw random liveblogging in too. I'll add pictures when I have proper wifi - I'm finally loading this while on a train. train ride was lovely; non-smoking train which is all I can ask ... read more
The pier
My other reading spot
Lake

Europe » Hungary » Central Transdanubia » Lake Balaton August 31st 2014

Kis-Balaton es Balaton kor - 3 + 2x fel nap - ~ 300 km 2014.08.27. - szerda, 1. nap Budapest - Balatonakarattya vonattal - onnan bringa Balatonszemesig - 50 km Tervezett indulas Budapestrol: 12:42 - Kelenfold 9-kor ebredtem, rengeteg pakolni valo volt meg, Mezo is pont rosszkor ment a furdobe, tovabb is volt bent joval, mint szokott, de akkor sem ertem hogyan hoztam ossze, kis hijan lekestem a vonatot. Ugy indultam el otthonrol delben, hogy azt gondoltam eselyem sincs elkapni, Kelenfoldre menet eddig mindig eltevedtem, na, hat most nem. :D Sot, megtalaltam vegre az utat. :) Szerencsehullam elso felvonasa volt ez. :) Vonatot is epp elertem, nem jellemzo ez az eletemben, ertekeltem is nagyon . Mar csak azert is, mert ha a kesobbivel indultam volna el, akkor tuti borult volna az egesz heti tervezet. Nyilvan nem ... read more
ide kell majd visszajutni :)
panorama kilatas kilometereken at
elso estem, meg utkozben ert a naplemente, de cseppet sem bantam

Europe » Hungary » Central Transdanubia » Lake Balaton July 17th 2013

Wednesday July 17 –Today was just hectic. I had breakfast in the hotel (eggs and ham – another new one) and then went to the bus station for my bus to Balatonfured, on Lake Balaton, the largest lake in Hungary. I actually didn’t find a place to stay here, earlier on, so after I got there, I took another bus going to Keszthely, a bit further away. The first bus of course had a blood thirsty pack of people trying to all get on at the same time again. But in this case, I saw why. There were too many people, and not enough seats. I got one, luckily, but many people had to stand. Now this bus was by no means direct, so people were getting on and off many times through the journey. I ... read more
Me and castle
Me with fountain in front of castle
Bee!

Europe » Hungary » Central Transdanubia » Lake Balaton July 31st 2009

Hi guys, I know it has not been long since the last update but as we have free wifi I thought I would offer an update. Well after Vicky left we finally left Brataslavia and went to Vienna again (so Scott can see it sober!). We ate grasshoppers - no we are not on that tight a budget just thought it would be fun to try them at an aussie bar!. After that we travelled along the Danube valley ( a bit like the Rhine but not as steap and not as busy). It is lovely apricot growing country and it was picking season. We stopped at an old guy and I picked up 4 and in jibber jabber he told me 1 euro. I paid left then thought shit that was expensive!!!. We stopped further ... read more
Urquell Brewery (19)
Narva(Russian Border) (9)
Burgruine Aggstein (6)

Europe » Hungary » Central Transdanubia » Lake Balaton April 11th 2009

There are few things in this world more irritating to me than being hella late. I was hella late, and then some. After the nearly four hours of waiting in Frankfurt, I'd gotten on the flight to Ferihegy and promptly passed-out. No, really, I was out before we even took to the sky. I vaguely recall the flight attendant smiling at me as she got up to do her, "this is how you unbuckle your seatbelt, and if this is news to you you really need to get out more" routine, but only vaguely. I did wake up just long enough to confuse the hell out of the purser, who kept trying to push a cheese sandwich on me. I'd take the steps (as usual) of booking a kosher meal on my flights, both because it's ... read more

Europe » Hungary » Central Transdanubia » Lake Balaton April 11th 2009

Siófok is cute. It's a pretty sleepy place where most of the year families and old folks wander around licking their gelato and enjoying the sun. A full quarter (or more) of the city, especially alone the NE which is situated along the beach of lake Balaton, was boarded-up and shut-down. It's rather clear that this place is a party town during the season. And it wasn't yet the season. I'm not going to go into GREAT detail as of yet, other than to say that if I had to spend a whole $15 to go somewhere cozy where I could get my own apartment room for $25/night for a few nights to recover from a long week at work, hellish travel, and massive sleep deprivation; this was the place. There was a little festival going ... read more

Europe » Hungary » Central Transdanubia » Lake Balaton September 18th 2008

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 spring/lake and Europeans travel here for therapeutic reasons. Very picturesque town but still lots of tourists even though the temperature continues to be cool. Hotel is very nice with a view of the valley and easy walking distance to local sights. Had dinner at a restaurant complete with Hungarian musicians and dancers. Tomorrow we travel to Ljubljana in Slovenia. Drivers here are VERY aggressive. Not that unusual to be passed by vehicles travelling at 200kph estimated.... read more
Heviz 2
Heviz 3
Heviz 4

Europe » Hungary » Central Transdanubia » Lake Balaton August 17th 2008

Tulimme Balatonille illaksi ja ajoimme Rozyn talolle, sillä hän oli luvannut meille taas majoituksen samaan vanhaan taloon, missä olimme mennessämmekin. Meillä oli kuitenkin vastassa ”järkytys”, sillä Rozy oli majoittanut sinne toisia vieraita, Jánosin oppilaita (Rozyn kansainvälisestikin kuuluisa huilisti-mies piti Balatonudvárissa huilun mestarikursseja opiskelijoille ja kurssi alkoi juuri tänä päivänä…) Olimme juuri autossa puhuneet, että emme kyllä jaksa mitään sosiaalisuuksia enää. Takana oli 500km ajoa ja 8 tuntia autossa jono-odottamisineen. Rozy tarjosi meille heillä pientä nurkkahuonetta, joka sitten pökerryksissä kaikesta, päätettiin hyväksyä. Lähdimme heti Balatonin rantaan uimaan ja syömään. Ilta pimenikin aika nopeasti. Oli tosi lämmintä ja pilkkopimeää ja vesi kutsui uimaan. Oli aika elämys uida maitomaisessa lämpimässä Balatonissa keskellä yötä. Seuraavana päivänä Z... read more
open viinibisnes
Anna ja zofia Rozgonyi
Balatonilla

Europe » Hungary » Central Transdanubia » Lake Balaton July 25th 2008

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 en-suite 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 we made our way to the lake. The lake was huge. Annoyingly we had to pay to go onto the artificial beach, but it wasn't too bad up we paid up and weaved through the mass of German, Austrian and Hungarian tourist to find a good spot to set up camp for the day. When the heat reached its ... read more

Europe » Hungary » Central Transdanubia » Lake Balaton July 18th 2008

Viela lisaankin yhden jutun, jonka olen unohtanut blogista... Taa on kesakuulta. 24.6. Byrokratiaa… Tämä on uskomattoman byrokraattinen maa… ihan kuin kaikki kunnon Eurooppalaiset maat (Ranka, Italia, Espanja…) En ole onneksi kovin paljoa joutunut näihin rattaisiin, mutta sekin vähä on kyllä tehnyt vaikutuksen! Viimeksi tänään mennessäni Margitin saarelle. Lämpöä oli noin 45° aurinko paistoi täydeltä terältä ja varmaan oli aika kosteaakin, joten hiki virtasi pitkin selkää… Huomasin liian myöhään, että bussilla olisin päässyt ihan Palatinuksen ovelle. Olin siis jo valmiiksi niin kuumissani, että vain saunasta suoraan edellisen kerran! No, sitten lippujonoon…. ja se kestää, sillä joku pojan planttu ilmeisesti osti kuukausilippua (olin ymmärtävänäni muiden puheesta). Kassa maatuska kirjoitteli käsin ties kuinka monta kopiota, välillä leimattiin ja sitten taas neuvoteltiin ja allekirj... read more




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