Today's stage in short: Arad - Debrecen 211 km, totally flat, sunny, 25 degrees, head winds. Simple but more than nice ride!
There are a lot of things I like about this journey. One of them is to discover both the differences and similarities between all the countries I ride through. Some differences are obvious, others are more subtle.
Hungary is definitely part again of the so-called West - the Old Europe as we know it. The Balkan countries aren't, not yet.
Hungary looks neat! Love it. And there is one thing I liked in paticular - it gave the day that joyous and hopeful touch: people do cycle here! And it's an all ages thing. I saw people coming from work or doing their shopping, children, grandmothers with a child in the back seat, hipsters with trial bikes, guys on road bikes... and girls! There is nothing so beautiful as a girl on a bike!
Looking forward so very much to see more of all this tomorrow!
#neverstopriding
There are a lot of things I like about this journey. One of them is to discover both the differences and similarities between all the countries I ride through. Some differences are obvious, others are more subtle.
Hungary is definitely part again of the so-called West - the Old Europe as we know it. The Balkan countries aren't, not yet.
Hungary looks neat! Love it. And there is one thing I liked in paticular - it gave the day that joyous and hopeful touch: people do cycle here! And it's an all ages thing. I saw people coming from work or doing their shopping, children, grandmothers with a child in the back seat, hipsters with trial bikes, guys on road bikes... and girls! There is nothing so beautiful as a girl on a bike!
Looking forward so very much to see more of all this tomorrow!
#neverstopriding