Month: September 2013
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Tweet Interesting that English is so widely spoken in Se…
Interesting that English is so widely spoken in Serbia, even in the small villages, Hungary & especially Croatia hardly spoken at all 🙁
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Danube Bike Ride from Vukovar the brave to Novi Sad the shellsuit.
Today was a ride of contrasts from the dispiriting visit to a city still in ruins with very little hope of returning to it’s former glory and also visiting where 200 people were massacred and another bus load went totally missing to the prosperous second largest city in Serbia and its beautifully paved streets, handsome…
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Mohàcs to Vukovar on The Danube Bike Trail
No riding on dikes today the initial one was blocked off for resurfacing as in fact the road diversion was too. I guess the Hungarian tarmac manufacturers must be coining it in! I did a little side trip to the battlefield of the so called disaster of Mohacs where Hungary fell to The Turks and…
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Dunapataj to Mohàcs on The Danube Bike Trail
A much warmer day in fact a thermometer I saw was reading 26 degrees at noon 🙂 Although when the sun went behind a cloud it soon dropped. The first bit was through quite pretty villages all supporting a clutch of local shops & a Spar or Co-oP. Then it was back up to the…
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Budapest to Dunapataj on The Danube Bike Trail
The things I can recommend The Hotel Rila for are it’s close proximity to the E6 cycleway through Budapest & the price,. Otherwise the breakfast is mediocre ,it’s a long way from any nightlife unless you are visiting the adjacent hospital. Plus the owner is a bit dour.. The sun was out and a tad warmer…
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Danube biking Day 13 – Sturovo to Budapest
Much better weather today with lots of sunshine. However, the temperature has markedly dropped. After some confusion over English numbers, she said €30 for last nights so called dinner but actually meant €13 with the beers. The basilica in Esztergom looks pretty amazing although unfortunately I cycled past more interested in the bridge which was…
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The difference a day makes – Komatron to Sturovo
Yesterday’s top notch cycling conditions were today replaced by heavy squally rain and temperatures down to 10 degrees 🙁 Plus the condition of the paths has noticeably detoriated. The breakfast was disappoining but I guess it was cheap. First stop after getting kitted out in full wet weather gear was the Vodafone.hu shop to get…
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Bratislava to Komáron on The Danube Bikeway
After last nights cracking evening in the basement wellness centre at The Hotel Devín which involved swimming against a very strong current in the elliptical pool, steaming in the steam room & even sitting on the lowest seat in the huge sauna 🙂 followed by buckets of cold water tipped from the ceiling, then a…