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6 August 2018
Woke up like a child on Christmas morning, excited to be meeting with with Jo and Kate for 4 days in Budapest! We left the campsite and stopped a few km away in Szentendre, which we had read was a lovely place on the outskirts of Budapest. It is lovely so we had a relaxing […]
28 July 2018
So, Thursday around 3pm we crossed the border into Hungary…well at least according to Google maps we did. The road sign on entering the country bears no resemblance to anything that looks or sounds like Hungary (Magyarorszag), but we assumed Google was correct and ventured on. As Nigel mentioned before, when you cross into a […]
26 July 2018
Our journey today started by backtracking on Route 66 as far as Telgart, but to be honest, even with the massive hills, we didn’t mind too much because the scenery is so spectacular. And it meant we got to see what we felt we missed on Sunday when we were bombing along to beat the storm. […]
23 July 2018
So after a fantastic breakfast with the Mazanec family we headed off towards the hills. Despite only having met them 36 hours ago we were quite sad to leave, but all good things must come to an end – and they had given us plenty of advice and recommendations on places to visit for the […]
18 July 2018
We departed Bratislava early Sunday morning, with the usual feeling of apprehension that we get when starting off in a new country. Waking up thinking “we have no idea where we will sleep tonight”can be equally exciting and nerve-wrecking, but it does give us the freedom to decide our day as it develops, which we […]
14 July 2018
We did some planning on the ferry from Sweden to Poland and I have just had a look to see how closely we have been to that plan – and it goes something like this: The plan was to spend 17 days cycling in Poland and have a few days off – actually did 20 days […]