Day 10 12/9 Nagykanista- Cakovic 61 kms

Unfortunately the weather forecast was correct and we woke to cloudy skies and light rain, with heavy rain predicted for the afternoon. An early start : 9:30; The best yet.

We loaded the bikes in the reception area, which was good of them .

We chose an off road day, and were soon pedalling through interesting Hungarian country.

An empty commune of what we thought were weekend residences, or workers cottages??

It was spitting with rain most of the morning and unusually became cooler as the day progressed

We didn’t expect to see emus in rural Hungary

This was our final part of Hungary.

Lots of great memories of friendly people, great weather and scenery.

I especially liked the good public transport system. Most villages seemed to have a single track railway and unmanned platform connecting it. The internet was great everywhere. Buses were also in abundance. The best thing was it was very affordable.

And then we’re out of Hungary and across the Mur river and into Hrvatska, or Croatia as we call it.

We didn’t see a soul through the border, then turned right and followed the Mur on gravel tracks for 15 kms through open countryside.

Only 20 metres from the border. It could have been a border post, but probably a shooting hide!

Can’t believe I was shirtless yesterday in 25 degrees, but today I had 3 layers on in 12 degrees!

Wide and straight gravel tracks through open farmland. It was 15 kms before we saw a Croat native.

The forecast had been correct.: 5 kms before reaching Cakovec the heavens opened and we were drenched. We’d arrived at our apartment at 3 pm and thankfully we were let in earlier than normal, to dry out and catch up with the blog!