Gyor, Hungary! After a good nights sleep and a nice breakfast time to load the cars and hit the road. Acomplete different view from when we drive from Westmalle for 50 minutes. Wide open spaces, BIG fields, 5 towns and the Donau! Lovely to see. We crossed the border, and the first town is Gyor, it was market day, the sun was out it was a very pleasant morning! A little walk, good company, coffee and cake in the sun, what more does anybody need!
After a nice breakfast, time to pick up Tim, we leave at 9.30, for 800 kms to Samorin. Again a good drive, we saw only one accident that was a big truc, folded double in the side, odd sight. Johan told me you'll see Vienna in front of you and whow! we did, another 80 kms to go! We had a little missing in Samorin we where in the wrong street, but we soon found Zsofi, long life the mobile phone! We could hug the girls, Maren, Esther,Martha and Zsofi! It took the last 2 3 days to believe we where actually there! Even now Zsofi is still gobsmacked, I'll say it like that. We where very welcomed in Martha's home, in no time diner was on the table, yummy. After the diner and the girls where put to bed, Zsofi Tim and I went for a little walk in Zsofi's habitat. We met up with Laci, who was doing fencing on Tuesday evening, we where just to late to see him do it, but we now know all about it. Time to go back home to Martha and for a game of rummicub and rainworms.
I left Westmalle at 9.30, ready for the big trip! Jan and Marijke led me and later us all the way. Let me explain myself, Jan and Marijke spoke the gps voice in, I can tell you that is great fun. If you can do that in your car Tom I can definately reccomend it! I was in Tubingen at 4p.m. after a great, drive Easter monday and so no traffic, great! LOVELY to see my eldest boy again! We had diner together played a game of rainworms and then I dropped him of at his friends.
Thursday morning sleeping in ... a bit. Taking it easy, waiting for our lunch to arrive. Martha ordered food from where Laci works, something typical Hungarian. Steamed bread and white cabbage and pork, nice, sort of a stew. After that we took the car and drove to Bratislava. Lovely city, we saw it from high above first, from the top of the bridge, nice!
Tonight we had a nice diner in Mechelen. Every week one of the neighbours joins me on my ride to Berchem and Mechelen. I can only take one, because the rest of the car is filled with students. Today Hans was not coming, so we didn't pick up Ewout either, and all of a sudden there was room for 3 neighbours. So Hild had this great idea that we should go all together and have a meal!!!!!!! Great idea don't you think????? The food was excellent, the waiter was divine, the company was...!!!!!!! A great night all round!
A new dessert in Marijkes repertorium. My 2 colleagues, Sonja and Katrin gave me a tiramisu book. Marijke tried one, does it not look sensational, well it tasted like that too, hmmmm
Last night Hans came home from Kortrijk, as usual he emptied his bag, did not need food and left again. Before he left I told him to take a key! At 5! a.m. this morning the phone rang... Hans wanted me to let him in! When I got up just now I found something in the garden. The poor boy must have tried sleeping in the tent..., my guess is to COLD.
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