Day two - now that was quite a day. Off to an early start Sandra enjoyed a fast breakfast at the tradies' stop and concluded she knows why they die young! I reckon it's only a bit of grease - can't be that bad surely? anyway it was fast and after a quick fuel up of the bike we left Esperance around 8.00am right on schedule. The road was wet for the first 80km or so with only very light drizzle falling on us, we were obviously following the showers north. Again ...

Well here we are in Budapest on the evening of Saturday 23 July and I'm typing the final blog for this trip. As planned we arrived in Budapest yesterday albeit later than anticipated. It rained off and on all through the day, not heavy but enough to prevent easy ma reading. The path was rough but interesting with stretches back alongside the river. We had camped Thursday night in a private B&B with lovely people who spoke no English but with whom we were ab...

It's lunchtime Thursday and we're sitting in Esztergom enjoying a Late lunch. Yesterday we struck deep Into Hungary passing through Many small villages and taking a lot of minor back tracks. The Euro velo 6 signs are very good but sadly the same can't be said for the roads. We slopped and slid our way along feeling sure we were in New Guinea, not Europe. The road bikes handled the conditions well though an we Made it through unscathed apart from a liberal coat...

I last blogged on the train. Since then two days and as many countries have passed beneath our wheels. Bratislava was a pleasant surprise. After crossing through the abandoned remains of the old iron curtain border checkpoint, we rode into a vibrant city with a beautifully restored old city section. Sandra ran shocked out of the first hotel we visited and retreated to hostel accommodation across the street. It made for an interesting change and was excellent for...

Yes, we're on the train. Not a good sign when we should be pedaling toward the east. Yesterday we left Vienna late but with enough time to make the 50 km necessary to keep us on schedule. The path was a little rougher than we have become accustomed to including a few km of dirt road. At about the 40 km mark I noticed Sandi's back tire looking flat. We pumped it up and made it into Hainsburgh where I set about repairing the tube next to a fountain which was usefu...