gárdony

monday was a holiday in hungary so we got to enjoy another long weekend. marton, a colleague of matt's, invited us to his family's lake home in gárdony, so we headed southwest out of budapest. it's just a short 50 minute train ride away. reese loved the train! she pointed out all the other trains we passed. we had our own six seater room (we used reese to ward off any potential people coming in our cabin.) so it was a comfy ride. on the way back we enjoyed a brand new train less than 1 year old. it was super smooth and quiet and it had a/c! love it! :)


gárdony is located along the southern beaches of lake velence. as you can tell it was a beautiful day. we spent the whole day outside, mostly in the shade though trying to avoid sunburns. we walked down to the lake a couple of times. several people were sun bathing, but the water was a bit cold to get in. the highlight for reese and marton's 5 year old twin girls, blanca and dharma, was throwing rocks in the lake. matt couldn't find rocks fast enough for reese before they were in the lake again.



marton and dora were great hosts to us. we picked up lunch from a couple of the local stands and we tried another hungarian pastry for the first time. the lángos is something like a large round biegnet with sour cream and cheese or jellies and jams with powdered sugar on them. we shared the one with garlic, sour cream and cheese. it was good, but definitely not calorie-free. we also enjoyed a walk to the not-to-be-missed ice cream stand.



we hope to make it out there again - with our swimsuits next time!