Elizabeth Bridge over the Danube.
These are the signs we have been following the last few days. The yellow sign isthe Europea n Bike Route No 6 which is from the Atlantic Coast to Black Sea. It taps into various already established routes along the way , such as the Danube. As you can see here the trail just went into a grass path. Although not too bad to ride on we decided to take a nearby road instead.
A day in Budapest
Fishermen's Bastion
So many beautiful buildings. Here the Parliament House at dusk..
Dunafoldvar to Budapest (Sun 14th June; 99.9 km @ 19.0)
We had nice sunny weather but a headwind as we headed towards Budapest.We were unsure as to how far we would get but as the kilometres ticked by we decided to go the whole way. It was a bit tricky as we headed into the city but we followed the general flow of traffic and eventually found the Danube which was a good reference point. The hostel we had decided to stay at was near the markets next to the river, pretty much in the inner part of the city. We had stayed in this vicinity last year so found it without too much trouble. The hostel is full of young international backpackers who seem intent on partying all night so things were pretty quiet around the breakfast table this morning. Today we did the tourist bit in Budapest and caught a hop on hop off bus around the sights ( yes Sue, the same as last year but Don reckons he couldn't remember any of it anyway, !!) and a boat trip on the Danube in the evening. Don is more tired from that than cycling all day. Tomorrow we leave Budapest and head upstream towards Szentendre (70km), on the Danube Bend, a picturesque part of the river. We are contemplating taking a riverboat some of the way.
Dunafoldvar to Budapest (Sun 14th June; 99.9 km @ 19.0)
We had nice sunny weather but a headwind as we headed towards Budapest.We were unsure as to how far we would get but as the kilometres ticked by we decided to go the whole way. It was a bit tricky as we headed into the city but we followed the general flow of traffic and eventually found the Danube which was a good reference point. The hostel we had decided to stay at was near the markets next to the river, pretty much in the inner part of the city. We had stayed in this vicinity last year so found it without too much trouble. The hostel is full of young international backpackers who seem intent on partying all night so things were pretty quiet around the breakfast table this morning. Today we did the tourist bit in Budapest and caught a hop on hop off bus around the sights ( yes Sue, the same as last year but Don reckons he couldn't remember any of it anyway, !!) and a boat trip on the Danube in the evening. Don is more tired from that than cycling all day. Tomorrow we leave Budapest and head upstream towards Szentendre (70km), on the Danube Bend, a picturesque part of the river. We are contemplating taking a riverboat some of the way.
Close to the Markets eh. Hope you remembered the beer was cheap there! The buildings are beautiful. Has the steam cleaner guy made much progress?
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