By Judit Révész
If you would like to visit Lake Balaton, the largest lake of Hungary and whole Central Europe, but you prefer calmness and silence and have the shiver from and the crowded night life of Siófok or Keszthely, you should spend your holiday in Fövenyes, a nice little resort village on the northern shore of the lake. Actually, it is not an independent village; it belongs to Balatonudvari, although the two places haven’t grown together. A tree lined lane, now part of the cycle path running around the lake, leads from one to the other. Fövenyes is easily accessible with train, car and long-distance bus as well.
Image: The shore of Lake Balaton at Fövenyes
After having been away from the Cafebabel world for a while, I’m obviously spoilt for choice with things to tell you about life in this fair city. I’ve decided, though, to keep it recent. In the wake of a new prime minister, a non-political bike protest, unusually high spring temperatures and a national obsession with the Hungarian word for hedgehog spreading like wild-fire, I turned the ripe old age of 26. I was 24 when I arrived here at the start of the month-long stay I had planned, and this month I celebrated my coming of age in true eclectic Budapestian style. There’s not room to share it all with you here; but for now, here’s a particular highlight.
Nori
Evi
AmyBp
Andris
Oosi
Albino Blacksheep
Juditsch
lorant
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Györgyi
Ili Puskás
verus
Agrimald
baluvagyok
Esztu
angyaltalp
Csacsillus
Yropean
szilagyilili
