A Visit to Hungary, at Heart and Home

Hello everyone!

How's it going?

I'm glad you're here,

I truly appreciate your visit.

I've been taking it slow

 in case you haven't noticed.

BUT, anyway...

I'm back and

here it is:  part two of my travelogue:

HUNGARY

   

We left Austria and headed east,
over the border into Hungary.

After jam-packed days spent
exploring the bustling city of Vienna, (see it here)

the peaceful Hungarian countryside was quite a change!

Expansive, green, and serene,

we drove through it for a few hours until we arrived
 in the natural hot-springs area of Sarvar. 

Everywhere I looked was something historic and

interesting to see!
I think it is beautiful, and a bit like stepping back in time.

Churches and ancient structures dot the landscape.

There are even former forts with former moats.

So much has changed here in the last 20 years.

Some of the roads we traveled on were very new,

and there was no record of them

on a map, or the GPS.

But, my husband's keen sense of direction got us to

where we needed to be.
I love being married to an Eagle Scout!

The road less traveled seems to be
in Hungary, on the way to Sarvar.

This was what most of the highways looked like.

No traffic, for miles on end.
The green fields stretched to the horizon in every direction.

We passed through many picturesque and charming small towns,

each with it's own beautiful church tower.

The architecture was very traditional, yet colorful.

 This was just over the border, in the town of Sopron.

It's the home of Soproni beer,

and bakeries with my favorite poppy seed cake.

 It was definitely worth the travel, the jet lag,

the driving and the cold weather,

to have a big piece of this apfel/mohnkuchen.

YUM!

I was a very happy girl.
While my husband worked long hours
an hour away at the factory,
I worked long hours getting massages, pedicures, facials,
and relaxing in the hot springs pools
at the Spirit Hotel in Sarvar.
Don't I look refreshed and revitalized?

Next time, I hope to see Budapest, on the other side of Sarvar.
But, in my opinion, this was the perfect first visit to Hungary!

Thanks for dropping by today.

I hope you enjoyed the sights of the Hungarian countryside!
Leave me a comment and let me know you were here!

Until next time,
xo
Heidi

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