Residence Conference & Wellness Hotel Siofok

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 ...

... br>I did manage to score though with it being 'English' day on Friday as I<br>discovered when walking past the town theatre. This seemed to be mainly<br>for the school kits, but in the evening there was a free concert that I<br>thought I would attend. For some reason I thought it was classical<br>music, but it ended up being a Hungarian folk band and it was a pretty<br>enjoyable experience. Being English day, they did all their<br>introductions and talking in ...

... a sign telling me that before hand...<br><br><br><br>This place was pretty cool. In the pavilion in the middle of the lake<br>people were relaxing on sun-chairs like it was the middle of summer.<br>Funnily enough all the outdoor sundecks were totally empty! You could<br>immerse yourself in the lake from within the pavilion, or take a step<br>outside and go in from there (and then swim between the two areas). The<br>lake is quite deep and they have built various things around the lake ...

... dla nas lata - pogoda tak paskudna, ze robimy jedynie krotkie postoje, "na sikunde" ;)))<br>W Slowacji i Czechach straszy nas deszczem, dookola osniezone wzgorza!<br>A my mamy LETNIE OPONY!!<br>No, ale szczescie nam dopisuje i deszczyk mija, nie zamieniajac sie w snieg.<br><br>I tak dojezdzamy do Gliwic, zamykajac koleczko!<br>Wypoczeci, zadowoleni, pelni wrazen!<br ...

... 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.....

I arrived at Keszthely feeling knackered, we couldn't find a campsite and endured a 2+km walk (with packs!!) away from the train station, until we were guided in the right direction. I spent the afternoon sleeping whilst LP went to the baths in the neighbouring town of Heviz.<br><br>In the evening we walked into town and were a little ...

... to walk around a lake, cutting through farmer fields, containing a certain type of cows (I'm sure LP will correct me on the type), vineyards and along the coast to a church with a long walkway containing three crucifixes and the 14 stations of the cross.<br>

... want to stop at Bratislava, the Slovak capital. This is a nice place with an historic center, showing of old buildings and a castle on a hill. Throughout the center statues have been posted, and, like any other tourist, we try to spot all! Some hard work to find the 'working man', but of course we found him in the end! For lunch I decide to have a garlic soup&#8230;&#8230;well good choice for me, but not for Mira as she has to suffer for another day ...

... our destination at 5 p.m and we don't place no place to sleep tonight. Right outside the train station we look for some tourist office but there's absolutely nothing, so we start walking throught Martirok utca, the street that goes from the station to the town centre and soon we find a student dormitory. We're lucky because it's a good place, perfectly located and it just costs 8&#8364; per person per night ...

... ide o to, ze Valér ako vzdy upa&#318;uje vopred a ja za ním revem "Musíííím pozrieeee&#357; mapúúúú" na&#269;o Valér odpovedá "Ta&#271;ia&#318;tóoooooo". Pritom slo o to, ze sme sa v&#269;era dohodli, ze musím kúpi&#357; mapu (&#269;ize "pozrie&#357;") a Valér samozrejme opä&#357; "po&#269;úval" ;) Cesta po magistrálne je na trase Balatonkenese - Balatonkarattya - Balatonliga nádherne panoramatická, nako&#318;ko cyklotrasa v Balatonkenese stúpa (kopec vrchárskych ...