Lunch in Körmend

On yet another snowy cold afternoon in Austria, we decided to take another trip to Hungary for lunch. This time hopped in the car, turned on the butt heaters and carefully drove to Körmend, Hungary.

The staff at the Berki Restaurant and Hotel were very well versed in English (which I thought was odd since this seemed like a TINY town in the middle of nowhere). As the drinks were ordered and the menu was being perused I overhead a table to my right speaking American English. Then a few minutes later I heard more English coming from my left. Interesting…

The menu was very gamy, everything from duck to deer to veggies. Everyone ordered something different but we all seemed to enjoy it.

As I went outside to have a smoke before packing back into the car I passed a couple that looked a bit out of place. I had to squeeze by so I said “Excuse Me…” The girl looks over at me and yells “Oh my god! You’re American! What are you doing here?” Ha ha… I tell her I was just thinking the same thing about them! Come to find out there is a basketball team in Körmend and a handful of American basketball players are recruited every year. So in this random tiny town in Hungary there are really tall American guys, bored out of their minds… so strange.

http://www.hotelberki.hu/