Blogs from Central Transdanubia, Hungary, Europe

Today’s virtual two was in two parts, the first a cycle ride which I had taken before but it was still enjoyable although for Adam our virtual guide the high temperatures made cycling quite difficult. Tata is not a large town but it has so many interesting things to see - we started the tour in front of a beautiful twin tower church, next was the newly renovated Esterházy Palace where we could still see areas that still needed refurbishment. Quite a contrast between the Habsburg Yellow and the new Hapsburg Porcelain. Tata Castle, built in the mid 14th-century now a museum and we ended the tour overlooking a beautiful lake where we learnt Tens of thousands of wild geese and ducks spend the autumn and the winter on the lake. The tour was perfectly paced, ... read more

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

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

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

As always I woke up really early to pack my suitcase, then did Fiona’s too. I had a look at the window and it was snowing, sadly it didn't settle though. We took our cases down to left luggage and had breakfast. We checked out and sat in bar area in a little group while people came and said goodbye. The South Africans all left together and Gina and Simon left to continue their trip around Europe. A few of the guys staying in Budapest a few extra days and went out to Turkish baths etc. We decided to book taxi on the hotel guest computer to pick us up from Anna Hotel to get to airport on Thursday. Getting worried about train reliability and didn't want to miss flight. Definitely seemed worth it for £20 ... read more