Blogs from Lake Balaton, Central Transdanubia, Hungary, Europe - page 2

10.6 Tiistaina Taivas oli sininen ja mittarissa elohopea kohosi jo aamusta 30°. Lähdimme ajelemaan läheiseen kaupunkiin, Szerencsiin. Olimme kuulleet, että siellä olisi jonkinlainen kylpylä! Ajatuksissamme oli, että otamme päivän aurinkoa, uimme altaassa ja syömme eväitämme. Kävimmekin ruokaostoksilla tätä ajatellen: Kolbasia, savujuustoa, dieetti Cocosta ja hedelmiä. Sitten, ei kun kohti kylpylää ;) Hämmästyksemme oli suuri, kun huomasimme, että tämä kylpylä olikin todella luxus-mesta! Siinä ei ollut kyllä ulkoaltaita lainkaan, mutta sisällä oli todella kaunis ja viihtyisä iso, valoisa allasosasto, ylätasolla mahtava yaguzi sekä kylmävesiallas ( 18°). Saunoja oli monenlaisia: turkkilainen höyrysauna, 2 eri lämpöistä infrapunasaunaa, suomalainen sauna sekä suolahuone. Kaiken kukkuraksi olimme siellä monta tuntia ihan kaksin. Kylpylä oli valmistunut vastikään ja oli ihan tavallinen... read more

Hi guys...Ian on the Mic ...big shout out!!...bigadibigadibong a 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 rest!!) Seems so long ago that we crossed the Danube and into Hungary. We headed straight down to Budpest stopping over night at a 'Danube bend village' ,Szentendre. Nice village, small streets. Bought some tat to send home..sometime its got to be done!! haha. Few fun and games getting into the centre and to the Hostel me RJ and LLoyd stayed at last year which was cheap and pretty near the centre, cycle lanes and routes were ok and then had to christen Jenny with a bit of city centre ... read more

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 the lake, then later trying his hand at fishing. We have been pretty inundated with campers coming up to the van and steering at the number plates and asking us were are from, word got around camp as a lot of people came up to us and started talking about NZ . The Hungarian man who’s windsurfer matt is using ... read more

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 a local restaurant to taste the local dishes and headed back to the hotel with extremely full tummies.... read more

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 997-1038. He turned the nomadic pagan tribes into an independent nation largely by converting everyone to the church. He was made a saint on Aug 20 1083 (hence the date of the holiday) after some miracles occured at his gravesite. When he was removed from his original grave, his right hand was found intact and now the people follow the hand in a procession each year through the city (although presumably the hand is carried by someone and doesn't trot around by itself!!) ... read more