Saturday - 15th October

We woke up at 7:00 after a fantastic Friday night with the teams. We usually wake up at 5:30 but this time we got to sleep a little bit longer. We knew that this would be a long day so we took some sandwiches and drinks with us. We had our usual breakfast, Corn Flakes, milk, toast and more. We had to be ready by 7:45 to catch the bus. We arrived at about 8:30 at the Plaza with the teams waiting for the bus. This would probably be the longest day of them all beacuse we were going to visit many places.


Our first stop was at the Szigliget castle which had a view of the Witness Hills and Lake Balaton. The Szigliget castle was fantastic and we took many pictues there. We had to climb some steps but I think everybody survived when we got to the top. The view was breathtaking and as we said earlier the teams took many pictures, especially Tjörvi. At the top of the castle Katalin talked a little bit about the Witness Hills and Lake Balaton which was quite interesting beacuse we got to find out many things that we didn't know about Lake Balaton and why the Witness Hills were called Witness Hills.

Our next stop was at Badacsony, the highest hill of the Witness Hills. We decided to walk up the hill which was quite difficult for most of the members of the teams and we think Hjördís had a tough time getting up. But at the top we had a fantastic view of Lake Balaton and the surrounding environment. On the way down we got a little bit lost but we found our way back down and back to the bus. Inside the bus Katalin told us about insects called ticks which suck blood and can cause infections and some diseases, she said that they could be in our hair and on our feet so everybody was really scared and started to look for little black insects in their hair and on their feet.

Our next and final stop was at the Sümeg Castle. The castle was on top of a hill so we had to walk again but this time it was only short so people didn't complain so much. After we had checked out the castle we went down and watched a so-called Medieval Tournament which was great!.. and later on we were invited to have dinner in an underground dining room. We won't forget to mention that the Icelandic Team wore their traditional woolen pullovers at the time of the Medieval Tournament. After the long day the bus drove us back home and we took it easy, watched a movie and then we decided to go to bed...

Kata & Denis