SEE MY MOTORHOME GROUP ON FACEBOOK : https://www.facebook.com/motorhomefulltime I leave the Tesco car park at Szombathely which is to the east of the town on the by pass. I note how cheap the milk is having spent most of the previous eight months in Italy - and most of that in Sicily - where milk is considerably more expensive, indeed I had to pay EUR1.80 per litre in the village where I lived! As I leave you get a good idea of the size of the nice retail park at Szombathely. It is a Friday evening which does not seem a good time to do your shopping there but by the time I leave the queue has gone done somewhat. Hungary built a motorway system during the socialist era, unlike other communist countries who only made often illogical attempts. I discuss this as I drive north east as we can see the construction of a motorway which I get the chance to use sporadically - as it is under construction, no doubt much to the relief of the people who live in the villages I pass through. I also note various 'television towers' in the countryside which I term as being UFOs due to their unusual appearance. As I leave Szombathely, it is now 19:30 in the evening and it is time to start looking for somewhere to sleep, not yet pressing as it is June but I like to have this sort of thing resolved by around 20:00. You can see how I look for a suitable overnight stop in this film. I show one failed attempt but my second attempt was successful. Szombathely is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas county and probably the oldest city in Hungary. It was founded by the Romans in 45CE under the name of Colonia Claudia Savariensum (Claudius' Colony of Savarians), and it was the capital of the Pannonia Superior province of the Roman Empire. It lay close to the important "Amber Road" trade route. The city had an imperial residence, a public bath and an amphitheatre. In 2008, remains of a mithraeum were discovered. Emperor Constantine the Great visited Savaria several times. He ended the persecution of Christians, which previously claimed the lives of many people in the area, including Bishop St. Quirinus, St. Rutilus and St. Irenaeus. The emperor reorganised the colonies and made Savaria the capital of the province Pannonia Prima. This era was the height of prosperity for Savaria: its population grew, and new buildings were erected, among them theatres and churches. St. Martin of Tours was born here. After the death of Emperor Valentinian III, the Huns invaded Pannonia. Attila's armies occupied Savaria between 441 and 445. The city was destroyed by an earthquake in 456. My channel on you tube : http://www.youtube.com/alanheath is very prolific. I have produced over 2,500 original films. My big interest in life is travel and history but I have also placed films on other subjects. For those that want to know more, I have groups on facebook related to motorhome travelling, history and industrial packaging. Please feel free to ask questions in the public area or to comment on things you disagree with. Sometimes there are mistakes because I speak without preparation. If I see the mistakes myself, I make this clear in the text. Please also leave a star rating! I am very fortunate that I can spend a large part of my life travelling, thanks to the business I chose to run which allows me to do this. There are a number of films here on the packaging industry. This is because I am the publisher of Central and Eastern European Packaging -- http://www.ceepackaging.com - the international platform for the packaging industry in this region focusing on the latest innovations, trends, design, branding, legislation and environmental issues with in-depth profiles of major industry achievers. Most people may think packaging pretty boring but it possibly effects your life more than you really imagine! Central and Eastern European Packaging examines the packaging industry throughout this region, but in particular in the largest regional economies which are Russia, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Ukraine and Austria. That is not to say that the other countries are forgotten, they are not, but obviously there is less going on. However the fact that there are so many travel related films here is not from holidays but from business trips attending trade fairs around the region. Every packaging trade fair is a new excuse to make another film!

• published: 23 Dec 2013
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