Planned to go to the Black Sea down the Danube and return by other means but when I got to Budapest I turned round due to lack of trust in my velo ( new rear wheel, new complete derailleur gears and generally "windy" about similar problems in Romania where it would be more difficult). But I celebrated my 68th birthday near Bratislava. So I cycled back up the Danube to my start point, at its source. I cycled about 3000 kms in all and spent 49 days in my v small 2 man tent ( it is really only a 1 man tent -- have a look at it on my website --- last years trip -- not done this years update yet but same loading and same velo! --- watch this space).
In 51 days travelling I only had 6 unpleasant days of which 4 1-2 were very wet. I wished I could have spent another 7+ weeks doing my thing.
ps. I haven't drunk so much beer in the last 20 years! Took a fancy to the wheat beer -- especially the dark version -- "dunkeln weisbier". But dangerously high alcohol level. My normal lunch time tipple was a "radler" ---literaly "a biker" which was what I would call a shandy -- a mix of beer and lemonade -- but it was still at about 2.5%+ abv.. But it is nice to travel in Europe ( as opposed to the UK) where I can buy a good bottle of standard red-white wine, 12% abv, in a supermarket at less than 2 Euro a bottle to go with my evening "one pot stew"
That's enuff!
