23 May 2007

It was another scorcher out today. We planned on taking in the baths today and to do some chores. We finally did find our way to the info center and were told that the only baths around were in Balf where we were going to stay yesterday. Since it was so hot the baths didn't seem all that appealing anyways, so we did some chores and wandered the streets of the city for a while, had some lunch and then hiked back to the zimmmer. While eating lunch we decided to ride back to Balf for the baths since they are supposed to be world famous. That being said, there are no signs to them and we had to ask at 3 different places to find them. We ponied up the forints to enter and were a bit disappointed. The thermal bath area was 25 feet by 25 feet and the water temperature was only about 96 degrees. You were only allowed to stay in for 30 minutes, which turned out to be good because we started to get chilled. Well, maybe not. We also brought down the average age of the other 10 bathers !
to around 85. That along with the cute swim cap that you must wear topped the experience off. Sorry, no pictures of that!!
John discovered that It was another scorcher out today. We planned on taking in the baths today and to do some chores. We finally did find our way to the info center and were told that the only baths around were in Balf where we were going to stay yesterday. Since it was so hot the baths didn't seem all that appealing anyways, so we did some chores and wandered the streets of the city for a while, had some lunch and then hiked back to the zimmmer. While eating lunch we decided to ride back to Balf for the baths since they are supposed to be world famous. That being said, there are no signs to them and we had to ask at 3 different places to find them. We ponied up the forints to enter and were a bit disappointed. The thermal bath area was 25 feet by 25 feet and the water temperature was only about 96 degrees. You were only allowed to stay in for 30 minutes, which turned out to be good because we started to get chilled. Well, maybe not. We also brought down the average age of the other 10 bathers !
to around 85. That along with the cute swim cap that you must wear topped the experience off. Sorry, no pictures of that!!
John discovered that his derailer must have been bent when the bikes tipped over yesterday, so after we returned from the baths he twisted it back into place. They are not perfect but will do. Another hike back into town for an ice cream and to activate pocket mail completed the day. Well almost, when we returned to the zimmer Csaba, the owner's son, was locked out so we sat and kept him company for a while. He is trying to learn english and we did our best to help him along. It is interesting that we are in a land where we can't speak their language and they apologize for not speaking better english.
his derailer must have been bent when the bikes tipped over yesterday, so after we returned from the baths he twisted it back into place. They are not perfect but will do. Another hike back into town for an ice cream and to activate pocket mail completed the day. Well almost, when we returned to the zimmer Csaba, the owner's son, was locked out so we sat and kept him company for a while. He is trying to learn english and we did our best to help him along. It is interesting that we are in a land where we can't speak their language and they apologize for not speaking better english.