Today we had a 215 mile trek into Austria. We had 2 fuel stops and one planned to some roman caves. As Grizzly said, the best road in Hungary was the one out, the E66. It was a very nice road, dual carriageway for a long period but one of the smoothest we'd encountered. Our first fuel stop was in Hungary, some 6889 florints, about £14.75. The border with Austria was a bit complicated but as with all, we just rode through. The roads continued to be perfectly smooth. If only UK roads were this good.
One thing I'd noticed in Hungary was how clean the verges were. No McDs cups, plastic bottles or other shit. It had all, whatever there was, been collected as every so often there was a sack, awaiting collection. Come to Sittingbourne, it's disgustingly filthy.
We were being spoilt by the road surface. It was so easy to put the bike where you wanted. The sun was shining, not too hot and everything was perfect. Then, we came to a junction and were waved on a diversion. Here we go, back roads up into the hills. We knew what to expect but didn't get it. Even the back roads were billiard table smooth! It's the best diversion I've ever been on. Up into the hills, lovely sweeping bends, fantastically green scenery. It looked a superb place to make a home.
Back on our original road, we made our second fuel stop, then on to what turned out to be nothing, just a waste of time. There are supposed to be some roman caves but all there was were a group houses, nothing signalling any historical site, so we turned around and did the final 15 minutes to our hotel.
Ybbs an der Donau is a medieval town, very pretty and on the banks of the River Danube. We have a triple room, which in this case means 2 separate bedrooms. Hooray! No snoring and no music playing out. Every night, Grizzly has to have his music on to lull him to sleep. The music plays for 30 minutes if I'm lucky, he's snoring after one!!
I took a walk along the river path and took some photos of the town, a barge and cruise boat on the river. It's a lovely setting. We ate in the hotel, turkey schnitzel, fries and a potato salad, not like ours would be but very tasty. A couple of local beers washed it all down, count 46 now.
Today's pics.
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| A barge on the Danube |
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| Marks on the house show flood levels, top 1509 |
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| Wolfgang played here, aged 6! |
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| Cruise boat chugging by |
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| Ybbs an der Donau church |
Tomorrow we move country again, to Germany and Nuremburg, where we will have a final sightseeing day.
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