Bratislava to Gyor

Ride day 12: 49.3 miles, 381ft climbing

Lodging:  Hotel Icon

We woke up and got ready for the hotel breakfast that began at 7:30.  Our hotel offered the usual buffet style breakfast and it was ok, not great.  Then we packed up and headed out of town the way we came in, across the Danube on the UFO bridge and onto the Eurovelo 6 bike path, south/east side of the Danube. There are paths on both sides. 

After about 12 miles or so riding on the Eurovelo bike path we entered Hungary without any welcome signs other than our phones alerting us we’d joined a new carrier.

Hungary looks different from both the Czech Republic or Austria and even from the little piece of Slovakia we saw.  The homes are a little newer along the path and it looks a little more polished overall.  There’s very little graffiti, but we aren’t in cities. It was clean and the countryside was flat and pretty along the route which ran near the Danube.

We stopped at a bank after we entered the country and withdrew 20,000 Hungarian Forints which turns out is only about $60.  A little later we stopped off at a convenience store for a coke and some Crispy Fripsy chips and some cookies that tasted like animal crackers.  Then we tried our hand at thank you “Köszönöm” which was met with a smile by the lady at the store.

It was an easy ride into Gyor, the bike route was quite nice and maintained well.  We got to our hotel and had some salads at the restaurant attached to it and then checked in.  It’s hot out today (85 degrees) and our hotel room was stifling.  Turns out the front desk controls the ac for each room and we were able to request they get the room cool.

After showers we headed out to explore the old town.  It’s quite lovely with lots of shops and restaurants, with great signage hanging over the doorways.  It was busy with what appeared to be a lot of locals and tourists both enjoying the day out.  There were some nice churches to look at, a nice square with a fountain and lots of kids and families having ice cream and wandering, so we did the same.