Budapest-Vienna

From Budapest we enjoyed the beginning of what has become a stretch of great riding days.

The first stop was the cross border community of Komarom (Hungary) and Komarone (Slovakia). They are divided by the Danube. It was cool and it was mellow and we stayed the night in a Pensione that was way to expensive but it was late and I was cold. The highlight of the day was following the Danube river, but not really being able to see it for most of the time, and then coming around a stretch of hwy and seeing the points where the river really got wide.

We left early the next morning and headed for Bratislava. It was a beautiful day. Once we arrived, we made our way to the Backpacker Hostel, which was awesome. It was a friday night, so their restaurant was bumping. We had no trouble meeting people and wound up out at an authentic Slovak restaurant and the food was bomb.

The 40 miles to Vienna can really be broken into 2 parts. The first was when we were headed just slightly southeast, but mainly east. The second part we were headed more northeast. And with 30-40mph winds straight out of the south the difference was enormous. On the first part, to avoid being blown off the road (which was inevitable) we would lean into the wind with our whole body and the weight of the bike. And when cars would drive by and momentarily block the wind, the whole bike would radically swerve in the opposite direction that we were leaning. Intense. And then the second part of the ride was a breeze.