Balaton Brits Queen's Diamond Jubiliee Party

Queen's Diamond Jubilee Party, Bronya and Brian's Garden, Cserszegtomaj, Hungary

 

Keszthely and Lake Balaton in the distance


Bronya and Brian again hosted another incredibleí Balaton Brits celebration: this time in honour of the Queen's 60year reign.  The weather was perfect, cool and cloudy, the food fantastic, the decorations superb so much so that most cars going by slowed down in amazement

Cheers to Her Majesty

To ensure we didn't fall asleep after all those cakes, there were games too.  We played Wellie Tossing, Egg and Spoon racing and Boules.  

 

The Queen's Breakfast winning hat competition entry!

Natalie's amazing Jubilee Cake

Just to remind us we were in Hungary, while all this excitement was going on in Bronya and Brian's garden, a little gypsy horse and cart quietly trotted by the back lane, with the owner scything and collecting the tall grass from the fields.

Thanks to Andy for all the great photos and of course thanks too to Bronya and Brian again for your wonderful hospitality and hard work to make it such an occasion to remember. 

Cheesecake in the garden

cheesecake in the garden

This wonderful cheesecake moment was later spoilt when I spent about an hour trying in vain to post the photo onto my status page in FB.  I can't work out why these things never seen to work for me, but just in case you wanted to see a photo here it is now on my blog. The recipe was a combination of one from the wonderful 70's cookbook Hungarian Cookery by Fred McNichol (my copy is so worn I have to hold it together with elastic bands) and the equally wonderful The Joy of Cooking by Irma and Marian Rombauer Becker.  It's definitely not low fat but good for the soul if not the arteries.