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Day 19: Esztergom to Budapest, Hungary (A long ride for the last day)

8 Jan 2025 9 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

Esztergom, Hungary to Budapest, Hungary, 55.1 miles (88.7 km), 4 hours 42 minutes, 870 feet (265 m) elevation (climbing)   After looking at our route, I understand why the tour company had given us a train ticket and a boat ticket for this day. We n...

Day 18: Komarno, Slovakia to Esztergom, Hungary (A tense tummy and a tense moment......)

7 Jan 2025 6 minute read 2 comments 7th Decade Redhead

Komarno, Slovakia to Esztergom, Hungary, 35.1 miles (50 km), 2 hours 48 minutes, 475 feet (145 m) elevation (climbing).         Unfortunately for me, my day started in the middle of the night. I ended up with food poisoning and it woke me up about 3...

Day 17: Gyor, Hungary to Kormano, Slovakia (A big mirror, LOTS of rain, and a hubby's continuing bucket list)

5 Jan 2025 7 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

Gyor, Hungary to Kormano, Slovakia, 26.3 miles (42 km), 2 hours 9 minutes, 531 feet (162 m) of elevation (climbing):     I was hopeful when we left Gyor that the rain had come and gone. Our bike seats fared well overnight with the covers on them and...

Day 16 Bratislava, Slovakia to Gyor, Hungary (There's a snake in the grass....)

4 Jan 2025 4 minute read 2 comments 7th Decade Redhead

Bratislava, Slovakia to Gyor, Hungary, 49.4 miles (79.5 km), 3 hours 47 minutes, 471 feet (143.5 m) elevation (climbing):     This was a long day for us. We weren't really along the Danube River that much, as you can see. There were a few climbs, bu...

Day 14: Vienna to Petronell-Carnuntum (Apparently, I can speak some Italian.....)

2 Jan 2025 4 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

Vienna, Austria to Petronell-Carnuntum, Austria; 32.8 miles (52 km), 2 hours and 41 minutes, 599 feet (182 m) of elevation climbing.     We had a very interesting start to the day. First, we had to retrieve our bicycle from the hotel's underground g...

Day 13 - Our Day in Vienna (It's not supposed to be this HOT)

1 Jan 2025 4 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

I know, I'm so far behind on this blog. I'm trying to get back to finishing it.  I think I have put off writing about Vienna because it was a bit of a letdown for me, as we didn't plan well.   Today was one of our few 'rest' days. That's in quotes be...

Day Twelve Cycling the Danube - Aahhhh Vienna!!!

17 Jun 2024 6 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

  Traismauer to Vienna, Austria, 44.6 miles (72 km), 3 hours 13 minutes, 550 feet (167 m), of elevation (climbing).     As you can tell it was a very flat ride today. I was so happy about that given how long a ride it was. The weather was fabulous a...

Day Eleven Cycling the Danube... A rare short mileage day!

16 Jun 2024 5 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

Day Eleven 23.8 miles (38 km), 2 hours 12 minutes, 405 feet (123 m) of elevation (climbing).      It was a hodgepodge of sights today. As we rode along the Danube, we realized we were in wine country. We rode by so many vine-covered hillsides that i...

Day Nine on the Danube River... Linz, to Bad Kreuzen, Austria. (A case of 'ICYMI.... Apparently I did....)

14 Jun 2024 8 minute read 2 comments 7th Decade Redhead

I've been trying to post each day about our bicycle trip but had to skip yesterday. We had just arrived at our summer camp, which is a 20-year-old travel trailer. There was lots of unpacking and setting up to do. I was just too tired from it all yest...

Day Eight - We needed a day like today.....

13 Jun 2024 6 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

I don't have any exact cycling stats because we still hadn't figured out the app yet. My explanation from the previous day's post was learned after we completed day eight's ride from Niederranna 3 to Linz, Austria. It was roughly 40 miles with a s...