One blog - 2 photo albums!! We dried everything out before leaving Zalaszmihaly only to set off in pouring rain. The bad news is our expensive waterproof coats started leaking (we have had them 3 years but they were okay when we set off in August - dissapointed). After just 5km with a raging headwind we were struggling to do 7mph, oh this is going to be a long day I thought. The climbs seemed to shelter us from the wind but wet twisting descents covered in wet ...

We finally left Budapest after eight days instead of the planned two, but we did leave our mark there! The Jewish quarter of Budapest is famous for it 'ruin bars'. Disused factories, warehouses, etc that have been re-purposed as bars - not tarted up just filled with crazy décor. The 'Szimpla' ruin bar in addition to all the paraphernalia it has everywhere also has a 48 spoke rear tandem wheel with a cracked hub. So, if you are in Budapest and need a 48 spoke rea...

One blog - two new photo albums and one video! So whilst we are awaiting a new wheel to arrive from England we have 5 days to rest & be tourists. We decided to buy a 3 day tourist bus ticket. We did both tourist bus routes, we hopped on and we hopped off, we saw all the major sites, we did the evening bus tour, a day boat cruise and an evening cruise (when Budapest looks spectacular illuminated). We also had several free beers and tried goulash soup. Budapest...

What a day!!!!!!!!! It started with no breakfast at the hotel, fortunately we had some pre-packed croissants and apple juice which we devoured whilst sitting outside on chairs made out of pallets. On the plus side the sun was shining and we did get titty out of the alarmed hotel at 8.30 as they promised. So off we went and boy did my legs ache, so Donna's must ache as well. The plan was instead of having one day off in Budapest and wear our legs out touring the c...

One last night in Slovakia, Pension Flipper. We were told breakfast was at 7.00am!! We managed to agree on 7.30 but no later, then we had to choose our breakfast just after checking in (including tea, coffee and how many sugars!) Donna wasn't happy with her dinner (chewy pork chunks) so she tucked into mine. We also ordered what we thought was wine to find out it was alcohol free something! Fortunately Donna did get a glass of wine in the end. So we had our earl...