At first I felt like I took fewer pictures of this portion of the trip, but when I started uploading, I realized I did fairly well. Time definitely slows down for me in Hungary, because I find I make far fewer plans, someone is always cooking for me, planning the day for me, etc... We basically just relaxed, which is the Intent of a visit to the Balaton. It's so funny to watch Hungarians at the lake. They slowly walk into the water when they get hot. They stand in chest deep water for awhile (which, by the way, is quite far from shore on the South side), and then they walk back to shore. I need to look this up and see if there is a term for the Balaton stroll, because there really should be. I've never seen anything quite like it. The kids interacted well, though I must admit it was more difficult this time. I think that's natural because they are more self aware than they were at 2 and 4 years old. One highlight was on arrival when we rented one of the slide paddle boats, (all of us) and we ended up with the gold playboy bunny one because it had the largest slide. A picture of everyone on that thing would have been priceless. I took the kids out on one alone (yellow Lamorghini) a couple days later and snapped some pics, but it doesn't compare to Gold Playboy with 10 people on it. The kids noticed that Hungarians, in a claim to fame, sport far more speedos than anywhere else we visited. We also went to a circus, and drove around the lake on the north side hitting Keszthely and its palace as well as Balatonfured on the way to Budapest. I asked Agi to drive because I didn't want to drive in the city and I thought I'd be safe if a 65 year old woman drove us home. Well, she drove approximately 100 miles per hour on the motorway, while I regretted my request, white knuckles, and watching my $7.00 a gallon benzin level decrease at a precipitous rate. I love Hungary!
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