We are in Csopak ("Cs" is pronounced "Ch" in Hungarian), near Lake Balaton south-west of Budapest, staying with friends, Nic and Ildiko, at Ildiko's aunt's house. Nic is a very old friend - we met in Birmingham back in... well, a long time ago! Ildiko grew up in Hungary and so has a lot of local knowledge about this area.
It was a very tight squeeze to get the van into the front garden of the house but hopefully we'll be able to get out again! We hadn't really thought about the logistics of staying at a private house rather than on a campsite. Fingers crossed.
This morning we left the van in the campsite carpark and cycled about 40k around Lake Tisza. Nearly all of the route was on a cycle path, part of which was described as having won an award for "best cycle route of 2021". Not sure what it was up against - it was a nice enough path but we felt that other bits of the route were actually much nicer.
At one point we went down to the edge of the lake to try and get a coffee. Sara was wearing an orange top which immediately got covered in hundreds of little black flies. It was horrible! So we quickly cycled on to the nearest town and had coffee and cake there instead.
When we got back to the campsite, we put the bikes back on the van and then had a three hour drive to here. The roads were very busy, especially as we neared Budapest, with people going home after the long weekend.
Then out for a swim and a nice meal this evening.Read more
June 9, 2025 in Hungary ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C