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Balaton?s airport, perfectly acronymed the SOB (Saarmelleek/balaton) airport, angers me. I have learned the hard way to ?just say no? to Ryan Air airline deals when the cost to and from the airport is nearly 5 times the cost of the actual flight. The only positive thing that came out of my flight this weekend was knowing to NEVER GO BACK.

For me to get to the SOB airport I had to train from:
Szeged-Budapest Nyugati station
Budapest Nyugati station-Budapest Kelendöldi station
Budapest Kelendöldi station-Balatonszentgyörgy

Total train time: 6 hours NOT including train transfer departure delays

But the monotonous train ride was minute compared to the huge burden to get from the train station to the airport, a mere 7 miles apart. I planned on catching the bus transfer but sadly, due to a delay, I had missed the hourly shuttle by 10 minutes and my flight left in an hour and a half.

So I was forced to get a taxi. Ugh! Even the word taxi makes me cringe.

Once I arrive at the station I walk outside and assume that there will be cabs waiting to pick the passangers up. WRONG! I didn?t realize just how far in the coutnry I was. No cars were even in the parking lot. For laughs, I snapped a picture of me ?hailing a cab? in BFE Hungary.

20 minutes later, after calling the cab company, I was at the arrival gate of the airport and 40 USD poorer. Add not being able to bargain a 5 minute cab fare to the list of frustrations with not knowing the language.

NEVER AGAIN YOU SOB AIRPORT!