Trip: 2026 June/July: Budapest; Sopron; Györ; Keszthely; Pécs Travel Journal

From mid-June to early-July of 2026, I visited Hungary for the first time. All of my journal entries from that trip are linked below, including my visits to Budapest, Sopron;, Györ, Keszthely, and Pécs.

Festetics Palace & More

My primary destination this morning in Keszthely was Festetics Palace. But I stopped at a church along the way and took in a few museums,...

Keszthely by the Lake

“Keszthely by the Lake” is not the name of the town I’m in. It’s just Keszthely. But it’s a town by a lake. Lake Balaton,...

Pannonhalma Archabbey

If you read my first post from Győr, you might remember that I said that my guidebook mentioned a sight on the outskirts of Győr....

Ark of the Covenant Statue

Here’s a hint for deciphering some of the titles I place on these journal entries. If I title one “Ark of the Covenant Statue,” it’s...

Going to Győr

I left Sopron this morning, and I’m now in Győr, Hungary. Why Győr, you might ask? That’s a fair question. Like everywhere I’m visiting on...

Sopron Museum and Fire Tower

Sopron Museum and the Sopron Fire Tower are located side by side in Sopron’s captivating medieval inner town. The Sopron Museum is in a building,...