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Published: August 19th 2015
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We left Bratislava at 9.15 and immediately got ourselves off track because they were building a new bridge over the Danube which changed the route. It would have been nice if we had been sent the information about this so we knew where to go. Once beyond the city we were soon zooming through the countryside on a stop bank with a tail wind. It sure makes for fast cycling. Whilst we were following the Danube we hardly ever saw it because of the belt of trees alongside. The land is flat and is nearly all in crops of maize. We crossed the border into Hungary just before Rajka where we were supposed to turn off. We didn’t see the turn off because we were following E6 path and kept to it instead of going another way which presumably would have been more scenic. We decided to keep on going as it appeared that both paths came together at Mosonmagyarovar (what a mouthful). This was a lovely little town where we had a bite of lunch with a surly waiter. It seems there are many surly waiters in these countries that need to learn how to smile. We think our little
The town square fountains played to music
The water spouts danced as the music to the water symphony grew louder or softer detour actually saved us a few kilometres as others we had seen earlier turned up later. We then had the unsavoury task of cycling to the railway station which was a long straight busy road. The railway station looked like a hangover from the Soviet days. It was decidedly down at heel and we had to bump our bikes down the steps and back up the other side to get to the right platform. Our bikes are not light so it wasn’t good given that we were also amongst people also going the same direction. From here we took the train to Gyor where we are staying overnight. The objective of the train was to save biking an extra 40kms in fairly uninteresting terrain and also because we have a long day tomorrow.
Gyor also has areas that look very much in need of some work, probably because many buildings were built during the Soviet period. However, the centre of town is very nice as are many streets radiating out from the main square. We sat for some time enjoying the people traffic until it started to rain and get colder so we walked back to the
Kisfaludy Gormet Borbar
The wine bar had an eclectic mix of wines and memorablia. It was a tiny venue with about 14 seats inside with a cosy atmosphere. Well worth a visit hotel to get some more appropriate gear on. Aft 6pm we went back into town after checking some good places to eat for dinner from Trip Advisor. We found a Wine Bar that was recommended so decided to try it out. It was the Kisfaludy Gourmet Borbar that has a huge range of wines and fine food. We were duly welcomed by the host Csaba and he discussed wines and recommended food. We had a huge platter of food presented with a variety of great tastes – wild venison tartare, spicy salami, prociutto with mango chutney, chicken breast in a creamy sauce, duck pate, quail eggs, small mozzarella balls, some runny cheeses, salad, and likely some others I can’t remember. They were delicious and matched with some good Hungarian wines. We tried a variety of wines, both red and white. There were Savs, something like a dessert wine, a red, a pinot gris-like wine and some other tasters to try. The host paid us lot’s of attention and told us about the food and the wine. We had complementary dessert morsels after the main course and some other tasters. To finish it all off, we came away with a free
bottle of wine. The sum total of 41,000F!!! Yikes. No, not so bad, actually E138 which equated with about $45 each. A very good night out and one to remember. I’m sure it will add many extra calories to burn, so we will have to bike faster tomorrow.
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