After leaving Budapest we came to this lovely village right
on the Hungary/Slovakia border (Hungarian side) that had lovely thermal
pools. The first day we only found the
indoor hot ones, but the second day we discovered the cool (25 deg) outside pool –
bliss. It was a great camp and we got
some biking in, in-between our swims.
Then we crossed the border into Slovakia and went to a manmade
lake in Zlate Piesky, close to Bratislava.
We stayed two nights and caught
the tram into Bratislava for a look around.
We were given a detailed pamphlet on crime and security at the camp and the police patrolled regularly. On our departure we stopped at the Tesco
superstore and when Daryl went out to the car park a guy tried to distract him
with selling fake watches whilst his mate had the side cutters out trying to
cut our lock off the bikes to steel my bike!
Daryl seen the cutters and asked him what the hell he was doing.
The guy then went all chatty and friendly asking
if the bike was for sale. A lucky save
for us, especially as Daryl was by himself as I was posting Agnes’ birthday postcard
at the Posta. The plastic surround from the bike lock was cut.
And that was our last impression of Slovakia. Daryl has been commonly walking away form Mildred with the keys still in the ignition and is now thinking he needs to be more cautious - finally!
We arrived in Czech Republic today and so far have been most
impressed. We are currently camped by a
dammed lake in a huge camp ground that I reckon has about 15 restaurants onsite
plus various other shops. We biked
around the lakeside to the nearest village for a look.
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