Danubius Helikon Keszthely

2 words - central heating. The way they heat some places here is just<br>ridiculous. Sure it may be close to 0'C outside, but heating all these<br>communist era buildings with little or no insulation to around 30'C<br>(ok, maybe not 30, but definitely the mid to high 20 ...

... as well as Hungarian, and even<br>some of their songs were Irish and English folk songs (though when sung<br>by people with really strong Hungarian accents - you can barely make<br>out any English words in them!) Nice to hear some local music though<br>and a good way to round off a day of not doing very much!<br><br>On the topic of languages though - this area - the Western end of Lake<br>Balaton seems to be a haven for German tourists. There aren't a lot ...

... the only real<br>attraction there is the large thermal lake which has been made into<br>quite a resort with a huge built up platform, sun rooms, change rooms,<br>massage parlours, etc. in the middle which you walk to on a bridge, and<br>plenty of pavilions (most closed for the winter) surrounding the lake.<br>The first step though was to work out the funky system there where you<br>get a watch-like device which swipes you through to most things in the<br>facility. Unfortunately, there ...

... w Tihany!!<br>Wieczorny spacer i , obowiazkowo: gulasz. No, i piwo. Biedny Piotrek - kierowca, zawsze poszkodowany, ma okazje odrobic zaleglosci w piwkowaniu.<br>Ale.... gdyby dopuscil kogos do kierownicy... Nie dopuszcza, to ma za swoje ;)))<br>Pokoje ze sniadaniem, po ktorym jeszcze spacer po miasteczku, ktore wyglada inaczej niz w wieczornym swietle.<br>Ruszamy.....

... for a student town there was absolutely nothing happening... We struggled to find a place to eat, with only about 4 options on offer - the first we visited - the waiter was extremely rude, so we walked out... Our other choices were Mexican or Italian...<br><br>During our meal, the heavens opened and it belted it down with rain, again ...

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 ...

We arrived at Baltonfured by train and with a little help from the locals we found out which bus to catch to reach our campsite. We decided to stay in a cabin, rather than pitch a tent for three days with a strong prediction of rain. We were quite excited by our little cabin, which had a bathroom and kitchen and verandah out the back ...

Summary:<br><br>After spending some days with my soulmate Roman and his girlfriend Martina, it is time to move on. Thanks for the drum session, your house being mine and your support with and without words. We will see us in India!? The van is repaired again, time to continue our journey. Crossing the border into Slovakia, sightseeing their capital Bratislava, then crossing into Hungaria, discussing a no-head lights fine with the police. In Hungaria ...

... Very beautiful background!<br> We were a litlle bit worried because some hungarian people had told us that towns around Balaton were very expensive, so we thought we'd find prohibitive prices, and I suppose that's true for hungarian standard of living, but for western european people this area is quite cheap. As spaniards, we found Keszthely was a quite cheap place!<br><br>July 27<br>We sleep till late and ...

... had a pool, so we all went for a swim, and then had a dinner and into bed... a fairly uneventful day, but one that was needed as the kids were starting to get a little tired.<br><br>The next day we had some big plans to follow Adam's advice and get out onto the shores of Lake Balaton, however Mother Nature decided it was time to do some gardening, and threw out a massive storm into Hungary, which put paid to even leaving ...