Honeymoon was amazing! I haven’t written for so long, but
something great has been happening and I am indulging in a creative process. I
feel that those long months of dryness has evaporated like sand dunes being
blown away by a sudden wind and replaced with flowing streams, green grass and
blooming flowers. Every morning when I wake up I work until lunchtime and this
is the best thing that could happen to me. I am happy.
Written 2 days ago:
If you ask me what holiday used to mean to me I would have
said a time when I go somewhere and spend most of the days visiting places,
people watching and come home even more exhausted then when I went with many
memories.
If you ask me now what holiday means to me, I would puzzle
you and say: rest, rest and rest. We had a wonderful time at Lake Balaton (https://www.bfnp.hu/magyar/nyitolap/).
I haven’t been for more than 20 years and the change is just amazing. I
remember when the majority of Hungarian tourists couldn’t afford to go to a
restaurant there and even if they did when a German appeared they got served
first in the hope of a good tip. That is all history now. Prices are cheaper
and the hospitality towards Hungarians is just amazing customer service. This
is something we only experienced as foreign tourist in Italy and Greek before. There
is no litter in the water, facilities are kept clean on the beaches and the
food is just delicious and great quality.
For our honeymoon we stayed at Villa Dorottya in Balatonfoldvar
(http://www.villadorottya.hu/hu), an old middle class small town on the north
side. Less than 100m from the East Beach after crossing the railway. We spent
most of our evening at Viktoria Restaurant (https://www.facebook.com/viktoriaetterem)
having delicious creamy turkey soup with thyme and traditional Hungarian pancakes
with cottage cheese. By our second evening we were treated as regulars and got
table service even in the longest queue.
One day we took the boat to Tihany (http://www.tihany.hu/index.php/hu/)
part of the World Heritage, the Benedictine Abbey and the aromatic fields of
lavender, that you can smell almost everywhere around Lake Balaton. Of course
we bought some lavender oil and keep the sweet reminder of this beautiful part
of Hungary in our wardrobe.
We also visited Balatonszemes, Balatonlelle, Siofok and
Alsobelatelep in our quest to try as many of the top 10 Lake Balaton Fish shops
as we can. Balaton fish rocks!!!
