after the transylvanian adventure, i was in need of a REAL vacation. so a couple friends and i (minus one friend who couldn't make it) headed to *the* lake in hungary. balaton.
we live very very very far away from there (in hungarian terms) and it's even farther when you don't have a car because you have to take trains and buses to get there... and of course, a mandatory stop in budapest.
but we got there. and oh, how we loved it!!
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the pedestrian street
omg, adorable.
we took a little boat ride on the lake since it was still a bit too cold for swimming. here i am with klara and xander. rowin' away!
we took turns taking pictures because it was just so picturesque!
ok, this is practically a post card.
church on the mountain with the lake and sailboat in the foreground... it's so balaton.
sailors sailin'
we took a ferry to the peninsula (tihany) where we had a lovely afternoon of sight-seeing, eating, drinking, relaxing, train riding, walking, and picture-taking.
the city center is pretty freakin' cute. there are people (german tourists!) everywhere and no grumpy hungarians in sight.... just happy, relaxed, rested people :)
kim and xander bonded so much. he misses her almost as much as i do...
i mean, really...
klara and swans!
me and xander! and paprika!
it was just the relaxing vacation i was needing! pictures really can't do it justice. that was possibly my favorite weekend in hungary. whenever you come here, you simply MUST get to balaton!
