SLOVAKIA TO HUNGARY

SLOVAKIA

Our drive through Slovakia means lots of hills and lots of castles.  We paid our vignette and crossing by the highway felt like we were using back roads which as they were fixing the surface. The way they do it is to take off all of the concrete by cutting a straight cut across the concrete about 8cm deep. This was done for kilometres and kilometres so we continually came to a sharp surface without warning. Poor Harry, poor tyres.

The high rise here are used for advertising. At least it brightens up a dull building.

We find the farm fields are interesting with ripe crops of wheat alongside green crops of corn.

We crossed the border into Hungary. I still feel strange when I see a country written in their own language. I wonder why English names for countries are so different.

We are heading straight to Budapest to a camping park recommended to us which is a short ride on the underground to the centre of the city. On the way we are passing large fields of sunflowers in full bloom.

This sign reminds drivers they  must have a vignette, there were other interesting signs.

The deer sign is very pretty. So far, thank goodness we haven’t seen any.

The children’s school sign is cute but I am not sure of why some crosswalks have a man in a hat and some with a cap.

We settled into the camping park and in the morning we took the hop on and off bus around Budapest to get our bearings. With a two day ticket it gives plenty of time to look around.

Budapest was bombed during the war but the buildings were rebuilt using craftsmen so they still have beautiful detail on all the buildings. It is a pleasure to see them.

There a lots of cruise ships along the banks of the Blue Danube, which didn’t look very blue. 

 This photo shows the two cities, Buda on one side and Pest on the other.

There are beauitiful buildings everywhere we go.

While we were cruising around we saw this cycling beer cart. I only hope they appointed a skipper.

There are always impressive squares and giant statues to see. You might notice Kevin pulling in the belly. ( Too many good beers and chocolates)

I think we are slowing down a bit. Castles and statues don’t always send us into raptures anymore.

We are heading off  tomorrow after we do the washing and clean Harry up a bit. He is getting a bit untidy as we are so busy sightseeing, housekeeping is on the backburner.

On the Highway to Croatia we stopped  for lunch. The picnic areas are really good but we did wonder what was ahead when we saw these signs. Is this a sign of things to come I hope not!!

The stork nests look overflowing with families of storks and they are out in the fields prowling for food. When we started off on our trip they were either building nests or had small chicks.