Bratislava to Gyor

Today was a longish day, where we managed to do over 80km of cycling. That said, it was also our fastest day, as fitness levels have increased and we had fresh legs after our Bratislava rest day. We were also treated to some lovely views of the city as we left.

Mostly the riding was pretty good, save for one stretch for about 8 km along a busy main road that crossed the border into Hungary. The 80+km/hr traffic wasn't so much fun, especially for Gillian who hasn't really experienced that sort of riding before. That said, we were excited to enter our 4th country for the trip, with Kieran clocking up another land border crossing.

The riding was pretty good after that with fresh fit legs aided by a decent tailwind, making everything run pretty smoothly. We had a nice lunch and then another hour or so on the run into Gyor, our stop for the day. This is a lovely little town, with a pedestrianised centre, along with a big church and bishop's residence. We even found the Ark of the Covenant!

A wander around the city was aided by an icecream, and followed by sitting down in the main square for a beer/aperol spritz/soda water (Kieran was very restrained!). There were a lot of people wandering, thanks to it being the Hungarian national day. The only downside was trying to find some more sunscreen (which we are running out of), which tends to be located mainly in pharmacies in this part of the world (they were all shut - the supermarket had some that will do the trick though).

The highlight of the day was probably dinner. We decided that we wanted to have traditional Hungarian fare, and after a pretty extensive survey of the open restaurants we ended up at the one associated with our hotel. Between us we had chicken with fried gnocchi in a green peppercorn sauce, veal paprikash and elk goulash. We've decided that over the three dishes it is probably our best dinner on the trip to date - and it will be hard to beat.

On to Neszmely tomorrow, with a bit of a shorter day...

Relive 'Danube day 17'