Slovakia – Page 2 – Travelling reflections

Our route today was mainly on the flood embankment on the North Slovakia side. The South side is Hungary. So flat, no shade and hot: kept us focused on the next coffee stop. None until near the end.

It’s strange now your can’t understand the signs. Could be back in Wales with a few added squiggles. I thought that when I saw a sign saying “Botel”. Ah I understand mutations. The reality of a boat hotel came as a wee blow. Ah well.

The hotel we’re in has two names, one Slovakian the other Hungarian. As a place on a key river crossing and the confluence of the Vah and Danube, it seems to have been flattened and rebuilt in an endless cycle. The result is a mishmash friendly with it.

Tomorrow Hungary, Farewell Euro, hello Budapest.

A new country Slovakia at the end of today’s short ride. Vienna was relatively easy to get out of apart from the traffic lights where you aged as you waited. Soon into open country.

And visiting a summer palace. Those poor royals needed to escape the pressures of their town life.

Buildings start to change now in this border region. Single story in the main. Border crossing is as it should be (easy). And then a new language.

Bratislava is the only capital that borders on two countries, Austria and Hungary. It has a long avenue of display boards celebrating Eliz 11 70 anniversary. She made an impact in 2008!