Meg and I met in high school, a time when we both were committed to colorful streaks in our hair, plaid pants, and not caring about swim team, but going anyway. We knew we needed to move away from home for college and found a school that allowed pets, a school with a beach. She is my longest friendship and someone I greatly admire. When I moved across the world at 22, Meg was the one I went to see first at her apartment in Hong Kong. This year, I had the great pleasure of getting to travel with her again. We travelled to Hungary, where her father grew up and where she spent the summers of her youth. And since we are the daughters of men who like to drive long distances, while we were there we took a road trip to the coastal Croatian city of Zadar and stayed on the Ugljan Islands in the town of Preko.
Amazing market stands in Eger.
We rented a small boat for the day and sailed around the Ugljan Islands.
Wine siphons.
The meat markets are just as colorful!
The town of Pag.
Enjoying some home made wine in the family wine vault, which is over 200 years old!
View of the mountains of Paklenica National Park.
View of Pag from across the water.
The castle on the Buda side of the city.
The bathhouse on Heviz thermal lake.
A short walk in Bukki National Park.
View of the Pest side of the city.
Lake Balaton.
I bought the best olive oil at this little restaurant and had a glass of wine that only cost 1.80 euros!
A dip in the Adriatic!
Friends ride ferris wheels at sunset together.
The rooftop outside of our apartment in Budapest.
Taking a swim at a secret beach on the Ugljan Islands.
Meg and her cousin in the wine cellar.
Waiting to the ferry from Zadar to Preko, Croatia.
