Wednesday, 25th April, 2018.
We strolled around a lovely old part of town early this morning, a good time for sightseeing as there weren't too many people about, cafes and some shops were getting ready to start their day and there was little traffic.
After our little tour we went back to the hotel for breakfast, collected our gear and headed to the river following the Velo 6 sign on to the path to find that after a few hundred metres it ended! We could see no other path or road to follow, Mike found a worker nearby who gave him some directions which led us to the main road which had a cycle lane on the shoulder, so we followed that for some time, looking, looking for the turn off to the path and with the help of another friendly local, eventually found it.
There was a cafe on the corner so we stopped there for our morning coffee
before heading down to the path and were not thrilled to find it consisted of loose gravel. We rode a short distance but had difficulty keeping the bikes balanced so walked a little way in the hope that it would improve, it didn't, back then to the main road to try again a little further on. It was no better so we could see no alternative but to continue along the main for quite a long way until we were able to turn off, on to a minor road which took us through lovely farming country and a couple of pretty little towns, crossing the Danube yet again, back into Hungary to our accommodation in Nagybajsc.
Here we were met by Ivan, the apartment owner who offered us a beer and so we had a drink in honour of our Anzacs, this being Anzac Day at home.
The apartment has a lovely big bath tub, so a relaxing hot soak was very welcome after the long ride and the washing machine was a bonus. We're sorry we're only staying for one night!
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