Hévíz

For the last couple of days, we have been in the Lake Balaton region. At first when we were traveling by train to the region, we almost skipped it. The train was packed with a younger crowd and it just did not look like fun. That afternoon, our impressions were deepened as we saw a slightly sleepy little town with not much going on and severely limited food choices. However, we decided to try the thermal lake nearby, its in Hévíz. Suddenly we were quite impressed. Its a rather smallish lake by lake standards, but its thermal. It was about 85 degrees inside the waters. We just laid in the waters all afternoon and relaxed on rented swimming belts (inner tubes). We enjoyed it so much we are going back today.

Again we are staying in a rented room in someone’s house. This is our fourth experience with such accommodation, and so far the reviews are mixed. In Krakow we hated it as the owner was snooping. In Poprad we loved it as the owner was very generous, it was cheap, comfortable and convenient. We tried it in Eger, and while the owner could not have been nicer, the accommodation was just ok. We definitely like this one, as the owner does our dishes. Plus it has cable TV, with CNN International, Sport 1, Sport 2 and Eursport. Yesterday we watched Andre Agassi lose. Ok it was in Hungarian but sports and home videos are watchable in a foreign language.

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