Gill and I did this stage by ourselves. As Kirsy was still unwell, she planned to take a train to Gyor and meet us in the evening.
After eventually finding the cycle way out of Vienna, we cracked on at a good pace for about 6 hours with only 30 minutes rest. We entered Bratislavia and then Hungary. The disused delapidated border checkpoint into Hungary looked like a throwback from the cold war. A few miles further on we stopped at a busy roadside restaurant. The folk around us were eating lovely food but, although the menu was in 3 languages, we couldnt understand any of them. The name of every dish appeared to have every letter of the alphabet in it. We ended up with chips, a type of gherkin and cabbage salad and coke light which went down surprisingly well.
In the evening we arraived in Gyor and were taken to our apartment for the night by our host. The apartment was a kind of 60s block with matching furniture. After a couple of hours when Kirsty eventually found us we started to enjoy Gyor. I think this is my favourite place on the tour so far. It has a mix of grandiose and ramshakle buildings and a fantastic town centre square with children running in and out of dancing fountains. On the river we saw boat club members rowing round what appeared to be ancient castle walls.
Our problem with Gyor was finding the apartment as we set off for it around 11pm. We walked about in the rain for about an hour trying unsuccessfully to retrace our steps.
Barry
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