Ride: 100km
It was hard to leave the Palace this morning, one quickly gets used to
living like a Prince in the lap of luxury. The folk dancing was an unexpected bonus. After breakfast in the garden we headed out
along Hwy 51, which was fairly busy but you never felt unsafe. That is due in the main to the extreme care
European motorists take when driving near cyclists.
Initially we were a little apprehensive about the distance to be covered
but half way into the ride we realized that it wouldn't be too bad. It was flat and we had a nice tail wind most
of the day. And although it was cloudy
all day we didn't get any rain. Average speed was 18.9 k/hr and it took from 0900 to 1500 with plenty of
breaks to refuel or top up the coffee levels. Besides the riding conditions the scenery
was excellent, with quaint villages (in a typical Hungarian way - rustic sort
of) and lush green fields of all sorts of crops. Had a great feed of cherries straight off
the tree, big juicy black ones. The tree
was just in the street of one of the villages.
The place we are staying is a lovely old Motel /
Health & Beauty Spar. The Europeans
love their health spars. So I expect to
ride away in the morning feeling 20 years younger and looking
beeeeautiful. No comments from the
peanut gallery are necessary thank you. I'm not holding my breath for any noticeable improvement. Tomorrow is our last full day in Hungary
Typical Hungarian house, complete with veggie garden
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