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Today was one of the greatest days I've had here. A group of us traveled one and a half hours to Lake Balaton and had so much fun! We were expecting sand and a beach, but we found grass to hang out on! Amanda was meeting us at the train station, but she ended up going to a different train station and just missed our train by a minute... :/ but she ended up taking the next train and met us there!

When we got to the lake we ended stopping at a grocery store to get food and then we headed over to the water to each lunch. After that we walked down the lake to find a beach, but really never found one. We ended up dropping all of our stuff on some grass and then went swimming. The water was FREEZING. I couldn't get myself to go under water. The rest of the day we played games - charades, three-legged races, steal the bacon, bang (shooting game), etc. We played a bunch of 'camp' games - it was so much fun! Laughed way too much!! Here are some pictures from the day!

We definitely all want to go back next weekend because we had so much fun! We got back tonight around 9pm. On the train home I was coughing so hard and some old Hungarian lady came up to me and dropped three cough drops into the book I was reading. I didn't get it at first and then she pointed to her throat and smiled. She knew I needed something for my cough and she was so sweet to give me that - I couldn't thank her enough.

Great day. Wonderful people. Beautiful lake.


xx