29. Near Disaster in Hungary: Sarospatak to Nyirbator – 91.5km Avg 21.4 km/hr

By Dennis

This was an easy day as we have passed through this section of the Carpathian mountains and onto the Great Plains of Hungary. The first half of the day started on country roads, rough but with little traffic. But the second half of the day was riding in the rain on busy highways with no shoulders and fast, crazy drivers who would squeeze between the oncoming traffic and us. Not much fun and Don had a near miss. See his previous post…

A 5 minute ferry ride. We did not have any florists to pay, but eventually they let us pay in Euros.
Many towns with a Nyir prefix meaning birch. There are lots of birch plantations in the area.
Lots of the small towns still have water pumps every couple of hundred metres
I’ll have one of those. (500 florints is about $2.00)
My uncle, the patron saint of moustaches.
Lunch stop in Nyiregyhaza. I just had to ride under the water arch!
A cyclists dream! The first pastry shop we have seen for a long time.
Fields and fields of sunflowers waiting to be harvested. They no longer look so sunny!
The Great Hungarian Plain that occupies most of Hungary is so flat that water towers are required for many towns.
The minstrel of Nyirbator
Welcome to the Hotel California, such a pretty place…

One thought on “29. Near Disaster in Hungary: Sarospatak to Nyirbator – 91.5km Avg 21.4 km/hr”

  1. Oh my that near accident of Don’s was awful! Be careful Boys!!!!
    This trip sounds too dangerous ….Don, the Belvedere is waiting …. it has pastries plus much much more!
    Look forward to future posts!😊

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