After spending almost a month in Hungary the longest phrase we learned is good night, which can be spelled phonetically as “you is a cat”. After Budapest we noticed more fish on the menu, so our inside joke with Robbie and Jessica was to constantly say “you is a catfish”, hilarious I know; maybe the heat wave is melting our brains.
Another thing I should mention is that Hungarians love peppers of all types, which they call paprika (fresh or powder form) - we probably consumed two peppers a day by eating them fresh or cooked into all food. At stage in the trip our body odour is kinda like a roasted bell pepper.
June 27 - biked 30 km from Hercegszántó to Mohács. The guesthouse we ended up staying at in Hercegszántó was awesome (Locomotive Hotel). The owner, Marinka, cooked us dinner and hung out drinking sangria. Marinka’s sister lives in Penticton, BC, so she was excited to have Canadians stay.
June 28 - biked 39 km from Mohács to Baja. Said our farewells to Robbie and Jessica, who were taking the train to Bratislava. We were very grateful to have them fly out to join us for the last leg of our trip. Without them I think we would have lacked in motivation. Jessica was all smiles as usual and kept the music going on her phone while we pedalled each day. Robbie aroused some good debate and told jokes as usual, which is always fun after a few beers.
June 29 - Rosie’s 1st birthday!! We celebrated by giving her a chocolate cake, which Patti ate most of. Rosie grew a lot during this trip and now understands a lot. We think she’ll be waking soon. Took the train from Baja to Budapest. Very easy to get the train back with zero issues. Biked our last 6 km to the hotel, which puts the final biking odometer at 2,055 km. Got bike boxes no problem and packed up. Caught a fireworks show from our hotel balcony just before heading to bed.
June 30 - last day in Hungary before heading home, chilling out.
Another thing I should mention is that Hungarians love peppers of all types, which they call paprika (fresh or powder form) - we probably consumed two peppers a day by eating them fresh or cooked into all food. At stage in the trip our body odour is kinda like a roasted bell pepper.
June 27 - biked 30 km from Hercegszántó to Mohács. The guesthouse we ended up staying at in Hercegszántó was awesome (Locomotive Hotel). The owner, Marinka, cooked us dinner and hung out drinking sangria. Marinka’s sister lives in Penticton, BC, so she was excited to have Canadians stay.
June 28 - biked 39 km from Mohács to Baja. Said our farewells to Robbie and Jessica, who were taking the train to Bratislava. We were very grateful to have them fly out to join us for the last leg of our trip. Without them I think we would have lacked in motivation. Jessica was all smiles as usual and kept the music going on her phone while we pedalled each day. Robbie aroused some good debate and told jokes as usual, which is always fun after a few beers.
June 29 - Rosie’s 1st birthday!! We celebrated by giving her a chocolate cake, which Patti ate most of. Rosie grew a lot during this trip and now understands a lot. We think she’ll be waking soon. Took the train from Baja to Budapest. Very easy to get the train back with zero issues. Biked our last 6 km to the hotel, which puts the final biking odometer at 2,055 km. Got bike boxes no problem and packed up. Caught a fireworks show from our hotel balcony just before heading to bed.
June 30 - last day in Hungary before heading home, chilling out.
You all are just the coolest family, seriously we know of no others with such a high threshold for the chaos of traveling - and you take it all in stride!. Robbie and I were reflecting on how we loved the daily reminders to play, be kind to our bodies and, especially to drink tasty & cheap beers :) thank you for the chance to ride with you, to learn from you and to share in the trip of a lifetime. jó éjszakát ! - Jessica
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