The party last night was good fun, despite the lack of bar staff and females, and the one bar that tried to rob us blind with a huge overcharge. James and I somehow managed to spend 200Kc between us (less than a tenner)!
Lots of sitting around in the sun this morning, it’s too hot to get back to sleep and the campsite’s way too busy to make an early getaway – We made the mistake of parking right at the back since we arrived quite early. So I’ve resorted to tidying the car up a bit.
Finally away from the campsite around 1.30, quick stop at Tesco Klatovy ended up lasting a long time, loads of teams in the car park to chat to!
We decided to head towards Budapest via Austria today, so we’ve been on Czech country roads for a while now, managed to get a bit lost in Ceska Budejovice, but ended up getting the right road in the end. Now almost at the Austrian border, using up the last of our Czech money on petrol (but it’s too cheap!) It’s VERY hot today, passed a road-side sign saying 35C a little back.
We’ve stopped for a toilet break just outside Linz, Austria. This seems lovely! Very scenic, the services here have FREE toilets, and we can make sense of road signs again!
Just had a really long stint from Linz to Vienna and onwards, it finally cooled down a bit as we got to Vienna because the road went round the North side of a big hill. We decided to go into Vienna and wander round like we had in Nuremburg, but it seemed a bit grotty in the centre (although some of the buildings were very nice) so when we tried to park and just met a steel barrier, we decided to just get back on the road to Budapest. This proved to be easier said than done, down town Vienna is a maze of one-way streets which all look the same, and the buildings are so tall it’s impossible to see any landmarks. We ended up missing one turn when we were almost out and having to go a long way back round. We ended up going into the actual center this time though, which looked lovely, Lots of big fancy hotels and old buildings.
The road out to the East was horrible, it’s like a giant version of Grangemouth just stuck on the side of the city.
Now we’re stopped just inside Austria, we hadn’t realized it was almost Hungary, but my phone got a text from roaming and went to T-mobile H. So we’ve bought a pass for the Hungarian motorways and are going to try and find somewhere nice to sleep.
Finally found a nice lay-by outside Tatabanya in Hungary, No Artic. Lorries, Clean Water, Toilets (Free again!). No Fuel or Restaurant means it isn’t too busy either. We’ve pitched the tent, had a wash and about to go to bed. Hungarian road signs are even easier than Austrian ones – because it’s such a different language, they’re just in Hungarian and English, with some in German as well.
Photos of the day.
Lots of sitting around in the sun this morning, it’s too hot to get back to sleep and the campsite’s way too busy to make an early getaway – We made the mistake of parking right at the back since we arrived quite early. So I’ve resorted to tidying the car up a bit.
Finally away from the campsite around 1.30, quick stop at Tesco Klatovy ended up lasting a long time, loads of teams in the car park to chat to!
We decided to head towards Budapest via Austria today, so we’ve been on Czech country roads for a while now, managed to get a bit lost in Ceska Budejovice, but ended up getting the right road in the end. Now almost at the Austrian border, using up the last of our Czech money on petrol (but it’s too cheap!) It’s VERY hot today, passed a road-side sign saying 35C a little back.
We’ve stopped for a toilet break just outside Linz, Austria. This seems lovely! Very scenic, the services here have FREE toilets, and we can make sense of road signs again!
Just had a really long stint from Linz to Vienna and onwards, it finally cooled down a bit as we got to Vienna because the road went round the North side of a big hill. We decided to go into Vienna and wander round like we had in Nuremburg, but it seemed a bit grotty in the centre (although some of the buildings were very nice) so when we tried to park and just met a steel barrier, we decided to just get back on the road to Budapest. This proved to be easier said than done, down town Vienna is a maze of one-way streets which all look the same, and the buildings are so tall it’s impossible to see any landmarks. We ended up missing one turn when we were almost out and having to go a long way back round. We ended up going into the actual center this time though, which looked lovely, Lots of big fancy hotels and old buildings.
The road out to the East was horrible, it’s like a giant version of Grangemouth just stuck on the side of the city.
Now we’re stopped just inside Austria, we hadn’t realized it was almost Hungary, but my phone got a text from roaming and went to T-mobile H. So we’ve bought a pass for the Hungarian motorways and are going to try and find somewhere nice to sleep.
Finally found a nice lay-by outside Tatabanya in Hungary, No Artic. Lorries, Clean Water, Toilets (Free again!). No Fuel or Restaurant means it isn’t too busy either. We’ve pitched the tent, had a wash and about to go to bed. Hungarian road signs are even easier than Austrian ones – because it’s such a different language, they’re just in Hungarian and English, with some in German as well.
Photos of the day.
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