Thursday, 13th of October, 2005

We woke around half past six in the morning and got ready and walked to the bus stop where we took the bus to the school around 7:20.
We spent the first part of the day in the library and some students visited classes including, German geograpy with Laci, English and a Biology lesson with Katalin. Some students even went to the top of the roof to learn something about a weather station situated at the top of the school.
Shortly after 12 o'clock we took a bus at the coach station that took us to Keszthely. We walked along a street called Sétáló utca or 'Walking street' to Festetics Castle.

In the castle we saw several exhibitions. First we saw different rooms in the castle including a huge library, wooden staircases and other rooms with rare and beautiful furniture, then we saw exhibitions on arms and Islamic art. After that we went to another wing of the palace to see two other exhibitions on trophies (stuffed animals) and relics of different religions from all over the world. The last exhibition was on coaches and it was situated in the old stables.
In between the exhibitions we took a look at the beautiful garden which was divided into two parts. The English garden with huge trees and a pond with a bridge over it, and the French garden with its designed formations, paths, flowers and the fountain.
After the visit to the castle we walked down to the shores of Lake Balaton and enjoyed the nice view you can see on the picture on the left.
On the way to the lake, some of the students had lángos (lángos is a some kind of a flat pasta with cheese and sour cream on the top), although some of the Hungarian students didnt think this was the typical lángos.
After enjoying the view over the lake we walked to the coach station in Keszthely and after an hour on a crowded bus we arrived in Zalaegerszeg around 7 o'clock..
After we arrived everyone went to their partner's houses and had dinner and then spent the rest of their evening at home.

Elvar and Zsófi