Entry 002
Big troulbles but I finally reached Budapest!
Friday, 28.04.2006

travelled distance: 613,73 km - Position: Budapest (Hungary)


Austria

It was a good start:

I had really beautiful weather and so I was able to get a lot of kilometres within a short time. Well then comes the brake. The first day I was driving to Wallsee where I spent the first night in my Tent. On the second day I was


2.) A view out of the tent next to the Donau.
(first night on this huge journey)


4.) The Millenium Tower in Vienna
(Austrian capital city).

driving through the marvellous


1.) Me and Peter Ludwig on the Donau
(largest river in Austria).


3.) Me in Tulln next to the Donau.


5.) The so called Donau Shire.

"Wachau" where the first fruit trees were blooming. On the the next day my mother was visiting me in Tulln, she was bringing me some equipment wasn't delivered in time (well this equipment comes 1 hour after my departure). In the afternoon I was on my way to "Vienna", where I was allowed to stay for one night by friends of my cousin. Thanks to Karin, Magit, and Christina for giving me this opinion. Well austri is simply too small, I was out of the country even too fast to report some more interesting stuff.
Hungary

Großes flaches Land:

I arrived in Hungary on Monday 24.04.2006 where I was


2.) A big tree in Tata.

taking a night on a official camping site, because the land next to the border wasn't looking secure enough for me. So a supervised camping place is still the better choice I thought, then staying anywhere in the field. On Tuesday I was cycling to Budapest, but then I got some big problems with my left knee, and so I had to


1.) A good tent place where I was cooking.


3.) A view to the Parliament in Budapest.
(capital of hungary)

stop my trip immediately (70 km made on this day), so it can relax a bit. I was hoping that it will get better the next day, but this was hopeless aspiration. I was just able to drive 20 km this day, mostly with only one leg, cause the other one (the left knee) can't help me any more. So I decided to take a night in a Motel so the knee can relax even more. On the next day I also decided to stay a night in a Motel, because the knee still was hurting, the only thing was bringing me 94 km this day was the beauty of the landscape, which was changing till "Tata". Well the Bill for this misdoing will be presented on the next day. And so I'm sitting here in the Internet Coffee behind the theatre in the middle of Budapest with a lot of pains. Well I think this is a overload of the sinews, this is what I think and what I believe. Well now to Hungary: At first I thought this is a monotone and boring land, but I was changing during my drive to Budapest, cause here are some hills, and a lot of wood, which makes the landscape really interesting to me. Well the Hungarian People have a big advantage, the speak even more languages then we Austrians and they have a multilingual signing on their city signs. And also in the middle of the country you can find signs with German writings just like "Zimmer frei!". Well we Austrians can have a look on this example. Well and another big plus point is that Budapest is more "bike friendly" then Vienna! You can get anything in Budapest, from climbing equipment to high end Personal Computers, well no wonder in such a big city. I found a Guesthouse (private) which is costing 32 Euros a night, well I wouldn't like to spend so much money on this, but it's still a good price for living down town. Well hopefully the second report was interesting for you and I'm really looking forward in writing the next one.

Kind regards to everybody, see you the next time.

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