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Europa verändert sich
Km 66053
Gleich zu beginn des Tages musste ich hart arbeiten. Gestern kein vernünftiger Campingplatz gefunden darum Übernachtung im Wald. Habe gestern spät und heute morgen, neben den üblichen 'Wald-Geräusche' noch jemand gehört wie er im Wald herumgefahren ist. Auf jeden Fall hat er die Schranke die gestern noch offen war, zu- (mit Schloss) und mich somit eingeschlossen. ...
Budapest
... by a woman we met earlier in Romania. We are also lucky to celebrate a small family reunion in Budapest, meeting up with Ludwig's mother, sister in law and nephew, who witnessed that, indeed, we are doing very well. We enjoyed much our time in the city, however our legs started itching as they wanted to cycle again.
And so we went back to where we had left our bicycles in Sarospatak to then cross the border with ...
Kosice
... sort of event going on, recent graduates walking down the street in cap and gown making noise while collecting for charity and some sort of talent show; we gave a thumbs up to the dancing terrier, not so much to the teenage dancers doing their best to copy an ensemble routine from Nickelodeon, complete with the "hold your nose and shimmy as we go underwater" move. OK, they were cute, and they tried hard. Kosice won't be a destination for many in Europe, ...
We head west, via Slovakia
... vividly filling in what I’ve already seen firsthand.
More on retrospective tourism later; first we have to get out of Ukraine.
Because the crossing between Hungary and Ukraine had been so fraught, and because of the fear of lurking police, we decided to skedaddle to Slovakia. We had learned that the Slovakian border was only about 1 km from Uzhgorod, vs. a 40 or so km journey to retrace our tire tracks on the way into ...
Easy Listening
... southeast of Slovakia. When I visited, it was Slovakia's second most populous city, and it was an important town even during Hungarian rule when it was known as Kassa. When Eger fell to the Ottomans, the archbishop moved north to Košice. Košice's cathedral was the easternmost extant Gothic church and contained the grave of Hungarian rebel against the Hapsburgs, Francis II Rákóczi (or Ferenc II in my Hungarian entries).
My first stop in Košice was ...
Amenities
- Room service
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Restaurant
- Free parking
- Pets allowed