August 18, 2008, Straznice, Czech Republic
... Unfortunately we were finished, Aug. 16, in a tourist area, so that all dwellings were occupied or very expensive.
Having given up the city of Sopron, we headed towards the lake.
From the frying pan into the fire. Was full and the memory of this day for us, Paul is a (human) that descends from the van, goes to a hotel / boarding house / guest house and returned with the sad face and the phrase "no ghe campaneo and x", a phrase Valeria has even learned.
At one point, an owner of Panzano (Guest House) perhaps gay invited us to drink a coffee, it was cold and the wind blew east, in his cellar.
The scene was very "Silence of the Lambs," but everything went well. Continue reading »
Sixth stage, Kormend - Sopron, 101 km, 7:20 Total (from start to finish), Km Total: 650.46
The golaush last night is still a dream. In fact, we ordered two and only one has arrived, which I kindly gave to the poor Claudius, who does a lot of effort to withstand the vibrations of the wise guy. I then folded the usual mushroom soup.
Also last night I was woken up to the joyful return of the two, who had attended a concert of music pop record Hungarian girls, played by a deejay old and big belly.
Sad. Continue reading »
August 15, 2008, Kormend, Hungary
155.57 km fifth stage, running 7:51, 9:48 Total (549.54 km from Venice)
Yesterday we treated ourselves to a day of rest in Maribor.
I say granted, but in reality for others has been the usual sweet nothing immoral, and has allowed me to rest and butt muscles.
I realized the luxury of a lazy day, enjoying every minute of not pedaling.
Maribor is pretty, though not comparable to Ljubljana and even to Tatjana, and delighted us with his coffee and people watching.
There was a lot of people, probably because the crème de la crème was already on holiday. Continue reading »















