Motourama Part 21: A Trip Through Hungary

Hello family, friends and followers! In this Travel Story, we say our farewells to Esben’s “Hungarian” part of the family, and drive from Budapest to the Balaton lake, to meet Falkor’s previous owner.

Over night parking, nice and safely snuggled into a parking spot for bicycles. Nothing a big adventure motorbike could ever accomplish! Oh, we love our two small beauties.

A farewell to Budapest and our lovely hosts, Victoria and Mathias

When we bought Falkor from Herbert and Karin last winter, we told them about our plan to travel around the world on two Honda NX250s. Their story was evenly exciting – they were going to emigrate from Bavaria, Germany to Hungary to make the best out of their pension. We received an open invitation to come visit them, when they moved there. We stayed in contact and as both our dreams came true, we just had to plan the route to involve their new home.

The route took us along the Balaton lake, where Esben had spent a summer holiday many, many years ago. He had vague memories of the landscape, and the drive along the coast brought them back. We found a nice spot to picnic and feed ducks, as you do.

Iron steed meets meat steed.

Iron steed meets large iron worm.

Nice, cool forest road.

This looks to be slightly worse than the problem Phoenix had.

Balaton Lake ahoy!

Getting closer.

Picnic spot located.

The picnic can commence.

Sharing the picnic with the ducks.

We arrived at Herbert and Karin’s house just in time for dinner. Traditional German food was served, and we enjoyed a taste or three of the local wine. Herbert and Karin got the story of the upgrades, that Falkor had received, as well, and we learned that they had called him “Froggy”. Not bad, but not as fitting as “The Fantastic Falkor”, we think. We also found time to play with drones. All in all a very enjoyable evening in their company. There was just one problem though; the guest bed wouldn’t stop spinning for the first part of the night for Denise.

Boys and their toys.

Herbert had a drone of his own, which could even do flips! Something E2-D2 hasn’t learned yet.

Good night!

Until next time, could someone please invent a spin-proof bed?!