"Come on, let's go south!"
"Okay, but we need to find a good place to work."
So I lure my husband to Szeged. The goulash in particular should be a talking point there. Happy to get out of Budapest, we reach the south of the country a few hours later. I find a well-lit parking space right in front of the town hall. And, as we learn later, it is also framed by the Christmas carillon every hour at night.
I'm also happy about the nearby launderette. What could be nicer than spending an Advent evening in a launderette? So we make ourselves comfortable. The last German speculoos, a pot of tea, the clattering of the knitting needles and the cosy sound of the laundry in the drum.
But at some point, even this romantic part of the day is over and we stroll through the Christmas hustle and bustle of the city. Oopsala, another Christmas market. Is there such a thing? Without Szeged goulash, we quickly get our fill there too, only to have to queue again a little later: The traditional Kürtőskalács, called Trdelnik in the Czech Republic, Baumstriezeln or Schornsteinkuchen in Germany, have to be eaten again.
In the evening, next to our town hall, we think. What could we do here in the city on Sunday? Nothing, we think. And then a thought occurs to us: the motorways are empty on Sundays.
"We're travelling to Bulgaria at the first cockcrow! Once across Serbia, down to Sofia!" "It's a deal, except that we'll probably be woken up by Christmas music from the town hall bells instead of the cockcrow!"
Merci for "travelling with us
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