Aranypart Siofok

... must cost an<br>absolute fortune! You step inside just about any building wearing a<br>jumper and jacket, and within around 60 seconds you have sweat pouring<br>from your forehead - it's crazy! Concepts of energy efficiency<br>definitely haven't reached here yet! <br>

My base for Lake Balaton was Kesthely. As mentioned, supposedly the<br>Gold Coast of Hungary. But in Winter, totally dead. Down by the lake,<br>just about everything is shut. Walking around town in the evenings, and<br>there are only a couple of places to chose from to have a bite to eat.<br>It does look very pretty here and can imagine it would be a pretty nice<br>place to be come summer - even if the lake doesn't look THAT nice to<br>swim in (ignoring the cold ...

... no signs telling you how to use the<br>lockers in the change rooms. So I put my things into one of the lockers<br>and closed the door only to find it locked automatically on me. After<br>pulling it in all different directions and looking around like a total<br>idiot, some guy tried to explain to me in Hungarian that when you swipe<br>your watch at one of the panels at the end of the row of lockers, it<br>unlocks YOUR particular locker and tells you which number it is. If<br>only there ...

... ichniejszy 4ART ;))<br>Wieczorny spacer po okolicy i znow piekne, stare kamienice, palace, koscioly. Veszprem, po Budapeszcie, to drugie, tak bogate w zabytki miasto.<br>Kolacja wegierska, oczywiscie :) w malej knajpce na podzamczu.<br>Rano, po sniadaniu w hotelowej restauracji, podziwiamy jeszcze raz to, co ogladalismy po zachodzie slonca .<br>I to juz koniec ...

Niewazne, kto wymyslil! Wazne, ze szczesliwie jestesmy na miejscu.<br>Kierujemy sie do Tihany, ktore znajduje sie na malym polwyspie na Balatonem.<br>Kazdy z nas ma jakies wspomnienia z tych miejsc: z blizszego lub dalszego dziecinstwa.<br>Pilotuje Marcin, dzieki ktoremu bezblednie trafiamy do celu.<br>Fajne lokum w wymarlym miasteczku znajdujemy bez trudu... jestesmy jedynymi ...

... were pleased that we had booked into a cabin (and not camping), we walked home in the rain - dodging cars driving through puddles...<br><br>The following morning, LP tried to sort out breakfast, she ended taking our own teabags into the kiosk and getting hot water from the women behind the counter - all in the name of an earl grey fix...<br>

Tihany is a small peninsula on the northern side of Lake Balaton, it was a 45min bus ride from Balatonfured... The town centre was extremely provincial, with the exception of some very touristy/souvenir shops there was very little else there...<br><br>We ...

... forced by Frits (the van has a name now!) was not our own for the moment. Martina once again, thanks for the skirts, that was a lovely gift! We shall wear it often!<br><br>Mira and I both realized that some real chill-out time is needed to get connected, together, with the van and the trip. Camping at the waterfront would be the ideal place. So we headed for Balaton lake in Hungaria. Not really taking any time for more sightseeing in Czech, but ...

July 26<br>We say goodbye to Budapest and go to Keleti Train Station to take a train to Keszthely, a town located at the shores of Lake Balaton, aprox. 3 hours far from Budapest. Lake Balaton is the biggest fresh water lake in Central Europe and one of the biggest in the continent.<br>The train goes from Budapest to Balatonszentgeorgy and, from there, we have to take another train to Keszthely. <br>We arrive ...

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