Greetings from the Hungarian countryside

Hi. Just a quick post. We find ourselves staying on a beautiful old farm in a tiny town called Kiskassa about 30 minutes from Pecs, which is 3 hours South of Budapest.

The town has just 280 people and is smack bang in the middle of nowhere. Around us are hills, fields and sky. The owner of the farm is a charming Englishman called Alan, who hails from Manchester and his wife is Eva, who is Hungarian. Here I was worrying about being able to communicate with our hosts, and he has a broad Northern England accent. We were meant to stay only a night, but are now staying until Saturday morning. It is so peaceful and relaxing here. Plus, in addition to goats, two geese, and chickens they have two dogs Bonzo, a black terrier cross and Gus, a hound dog of sorts. Gus in particurlar is adorable and wants to play throw the stick all the time. We took them both for a walk this morning following paths through the wheat fields.

For breakfast we enjoyed delicious breads with goats cheese, goats milk, jams and honey all from the farm. We also loved Pecs, which is full of gorgeous architecture, big squares and very old crumbling buildings. We are returning for another night on our way back, then a night in Budapest en route to Slovakia.