Bike trip in Hungary with my friend Marius Reghis ( august 2009) - part 6 - The magic Balaton and a splendid palace

The bathing conditions here on Balaton's shore are quite high. The water is excellent for swimming.


We continue our journey and we get to Siofok's endless green beach.


Here we find a great bustle of people. We are on the Hungary's Riviera.


Here it's time for us to stay more and to seize the moment.


The infrastructure is complete, we have everything we want. First we choose a delicious "langoush" washed down with a good Borsodi beer.


Then we take a dip again. Wow! This place is overcrowde!


I've never seen so many people in a single place not even on the Italian Riviera.


Then we visit Siofok and it's time for us to have a photo with a famous hungarian character.


I forgot his name but I saw that plenty of tourists were having this classic photo.


Than we go to enjoy a pint of beer outside a pub. We see lots of cyclists in this civilized town. We are in Siofok, the greatest and the largest spa-town in Hungary.


We spend a gorgeous day in this spa. The next day it's time to go. We choose an interesting route.
In Enying we see an interesting church.


Then our next stop is in Deg where ve visit a grand palace.


This large mansion is situated in a large and lush park.


We have a lot of things to visit here. It's quite an impressive touristic attraction.


To my sheer joy, we come across a plenty of flowers, too.


It seems this palace was inhabited by an important aristocratic family.


Then we get hungry, we stop at a restaurant and we enjoy a great guyas soup.


This is our favourite food in Hungary and we also like a lot the Borsodi beer.


We continue our trip, we have to face a strong headwind. The night overtakes us and at about midnight we find ourselves roaming about the streets of Dunafoldvar. We find no guesthouse and very tired we hardly manage to put up our tent near Danube in forest. The mosquitoes attack us but we sleep well.


The next day we are annoyed by the busy traffic.


And so we decide to shorten our trip and from Kecskemet, we travel the last 200km in Marius'brother-in-law's car.


I thank my friend Marius Reghis for this wonderful bike trip and I'm looking forward to our next adventure on two wheels!