Category: Travel
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Evening in Tihany
We spent the afternoon walking around the little town of Tihany. We had to hike up the hill and it was pretty hot out, but the view of the lake from the top was worth the effort. There is a beautiful church. We were able to go inside but not take photos. They were having…
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All tuckered out
We pack so much in to each day every time we get on a train or in a car we fall asleep. Greta took this photo of the 3 of us napping on our way to Balaton. She said it was a revenge photo because we took a similar photo of the 3 of them…
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Lake Balaton
Lake Balaton is the largest lake in Hungary and where all the locals go in the summer. We visited Festetics Palace built in 1745. It is one of the 3 largest country homes in Hungary. The grounds were beautiful with old trees and fountains. The library was beautiful, two levels of books stacked double deep.…
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Bratislava, Slovakia
One afternoon in Bratislava is all we could fit in, but it was great. Strolling down tree lined pedestrian streets. Playful statues peaking out here and there. Fountains is public squares. And we tried as much tradition food as possible. Very goat cheese focused society, my people. Wine is cheaper than water I think. They…
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Balaton Market – Káptalantóti Piac
We went to a very large market full of people. It was very hot, but the older parts of the market had large shade trees that helped a lot. I found a place to buy a coffee cup (in my signature color) We also bought a runner four our table. This area is known for…
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House of History – Balaton
We are staying our first couple nights at a 200 year old converted farmhouse called House of History. Our room is in the loft above what was the barn. It has beautiful exposed beams, that you will hit your head on if you are not careful. David is at 3 whacks and counting. The roof…
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Hungarian GPS
We arrived in Budapest and were picked up by our Hungarian family at the train station. Jázmin, Greta and Eva were all there to meet us. Jázmin got taller in a year. From there we headed out of Budapest for lunch at a traditional Hungarian restaurant. To start our meal we had a shot of…
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Mozart lived here
In 1781, for about 6 weeks Mozart lived in these apartments working for the Bishop. But he didn’t follow the rules and got kicked out, so it was extremely short lived. They have concerts in this tiny performance hall, for about 2 dozen people. This experience was completely disappointing. I was promised cheesy second rate…
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Habsberg Palace
Before WW1 these rich dudes had all the money and all the people. Some stuff happened and now they don’t, but their lavish palace remains and we visited it. They wouldn’t let us take photos inside, but luckily I got this photo of David with his look alike before they told us no pictures. We…
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Hobbit Pub
We found a place called Brezel Gwölb (Pretzel Vault) that was basically just a pub for hobbits. (The rest of this post was written by David) This place was in our Rick Steve’s tourbook otherwise we would have never found it. It was tucked in the tiny little alleyway, where only about 3 other people…
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