Tues. July 22:

Today it definitely looks like rain. All three of us Tamas, Gyonyni and me head of to the Badacsonyi hill. It is about 50-60 km from the house. The first step is to go through Keszthely avoiding traffic. We get on the road to the East and after an hour we stop for a little walk in a very nice “look-out”. There is a golf course close-by. I will take a picture or two for my gold friends. Not many golfers on the course...maybe it is too expensive or there just are few golfers. The weather is not promising either.

When we get to Badacsonyi we part at the bottom of the main hill. I though it was a joke and we would only walk a little. I was wrong. We walked up the hill; not sure how far; maybe 2 km.

At the top of the hill, which is not the actual highest point. There is a very nice-looking restaurant. We get there about 11:30 am so there is hardly anyone seated. We get a nice table with a great view. Each of us orders something different. Tamas orders a mix of pork called the “robbers” plate I think. I don't know what Gyongyi ordered, it tasted like a potato meat mix. I had the chicken paprikas with galuska. There is too much gasluska and only a chicken leg and thigh. The gravy is more like beef gravy. There is a little sour cream over top of one side. If I did not know how to cook this dish, I might be tempted to think it very good. It is OK. The white wine from the area is excellent. Not really dry but not sweet either. They brought a loaf of bread but it was not very fresh. Too bad the food did not match the view.

We left the restaurant just as it was becoming crowded. Also we could see large shower-heads on the lake. There were a few drops of rain on the way down but really nothing to get worried about.

Once in the car and heading west toward the house, there were several down-pours. This was serious rain. Once near the house we could see that it had not rained as much here.

We were off to Violetta and Szabolcs' house. Originally they had though they would move in with Szabolcs' parent. But they would see that it would be a great change, so they stayed put. I told them it was a good idea.

We watched some of the videos of Mike and Sheilah's wedding and some other videos from 2010. I now realize that I could have taken a lot out and still got the idea across. Oh well, the next videos will be better. We had just a few drinks; never the designated driver.

We went back to the house and had a light supper of Canadian bacon and bread. I prefer bacon cooked longer and without the grease on it...but when in Rome.

I was off to bed about 9 pm and had a good sleep. It rained most of the night.