Day 36, Friday, June 24 – Train Travel Day

Friday 24 June 2011

We have been debating, for almost as long as we’ve been on this bike tour……what to do once we get to Budapest?  Yes, our original intention was to follow the Donau/Duna/Danube all the way to the Black Sea.  But everyone we have spoken with (that are in “the know”) say the roads are bad and there are long stretches (100+ miles) between towns.  If our last couple of days of biking are any indication of road conditions, than changing plans is a great idea.  The second dilemma becomes, where do we go? We’ve decided on a Three Rivers tour instead of a Sea to Sea tour.

This morning we took an extremely early six hour train ride from Budapest to Prague, Czech Republic and will pick up the Elbe River and follow it to………who knows where!

Since I can’t go anywhere without taking a picture, this is from the train window.

Biking out of the Prague train station.

Tomorrow we will take you on a tour of Prague and Sunday we ride.  In the meantime, check out our most recent training regime!

Posted in Week 06 by Jerry & Lori

6 Responses to “Day 36, Friday, June 24 – Train Travel Day”

  1. June 24th, 2011 at 9:17 pm

    Don Says:

    bring on the new stuff!! Budapest was really impressive; who knew–ha!

  2. June 24th, 2011 at 9:19 pm

    Ken Says:

    OK, I looked at the video – thought I spotted Lori, but couldn’t find Jerry!

  3. June 25th, 2011 at 3:25 pm

    Jim & Denyce Says:

    J & L
    As you know, Denyce and I were in Budapest three years ago for 10 days and had the advantage of having my brother as a tour guide since he was teaching there at the time. You two captured a huge part of what the city has to offer to tourists. One of things we got to do was attend an opera at the famous opera house you pictured. Awesome. The other flavor of the city were the many gypsy musicians who were in most restaurants. We’ll share experiences when you return: and since you have changed your destination, when might your return be?

  4. June 25th, 2011 at 3:36 pm

    jerry & lori Says:

    Same return as before………we don’t know!

  5. June 25th, 2011 at 3:46 pm

    M.E. Says:

    Well now we know – what you really CAN do in Budapest, but it’s more fun to remind Kurt what you CAN’T do in Budapest. Great pics. Pat was in Bahrain and Spain last week – he should be home today – the sign was definitely FUNNY! See you soon I hope…..

  6. June 25th, 2011 at 3:52 pm

    jerry & lori Says:

    INDEED, still CAN”T do the beach in Budapest!

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