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Ferenc wants a metal detector for Christmas
Blog: The Art of Slow Travel - 4 July 2011
Ferenc Kis, who you’ve already met here, wants a metal detector for Christmas. He told me that Lake Balaton, the area where his wife and him lived, had once been home to the Romans, and that there were still treasures to be found hidden beneath the now Hungarian soil. Ferenc Kis is my partner’s father. Ferenc and [...]
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Lake Ballaton days at Hullám Hostel in Hungary
Blog: Heather on her travels - 28 February 2011
When travelling with our teenagers, we often choose a private room in a stylish and family-friendly hostel over an apartment or hotel, which is how we came to select Hullám Hostel in Révfülöp for our stay in the Lake Balaton area of Hungary.
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Hungarian goulash and other one pot cooking
Blog: Heather on her travels - 1 February 2011
Every night of our family holiday at Hullam Hostel on the shores of Lake Ballaton in Hungary, we ate the stew that the hostel served up, cooked in a huge cooking pot over the open fire. The weather was warm and the guests sat in the open air bar area adjoining the street, chatting, chilling, [...]
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The Festetics Palace and the marzipan museum at Keszthely – in Hungary
Blog: Heather on her travels - 23 December 2010
During our family holiday at Lake Balaton in Hungary, we took a day trip to Keszthely, an elegant resort on the shores of the Lake Balaton where the main tourist attraction is a pretty 18th century palace. The palace was built by the noble Festetics family and extended over a hundred years from 1745, on [...]
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Thermal springs and rubber rings at Hévíz – in Hungary
Blog: Heather on her travels - 5 December 2010
It was a somewhat surreal experience floating around in warm water of the the thermal lake at Hévíz in Hungary, among the drifts of water lillies with a sulphurous waft of rotten eggs in the air. We spent the morning wandering the gardens of the palace at the palace at Keszthely, looking just like an [...]
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Sour cherry soup at Salföld in Hungary
Blog: Heather on her travels - 25 August 2010
On our recent holiday near Lake Balaton in Hungary, we ventured away from the lake a little to the picturesque village of Salföld, where I had a chance to try this Sour Cherry soup. We found a pleasant village restaurant with a large garden called Pajta Galeria on the edge of Salföld. I spotted this [...]
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Hungary 1: Balaton Out of Season
Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 12 May 2010
There's nothing so fascinating as a holiday town out of season. For one reason or another I usually arrive in Central Europe in May; early enough for the weather to be warm, but way before high season kicks in.
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