Another trip is in the books. It is one of our shortest since we began touring Europe by RV. Our end of the trip routine is pretty set now, a couple of days to clean up the inside and packing followed by a trip to the truck wash for a good cleaning before putting François in storage for the summer.
This trip we visited two new countries for us in Slovakia and Hungary. Slovakia was a country we knew little about and we thoroughly enjoyed our visit. Hungary we had higher expectations and we were very happy. Ton had visited Budapest before, but it was a first for me and I now see why it is on everyone hot list for tours. It was a fantastic city and one of the most beautiful in Europe. The rest of Hungary was scenic and we really enjoyed ourselves. We also spent more time in Czechia and found the countryside and smaller cities to be charming. Vienna was also new to me, and it is an impressive wealth of culture.
We discovered good wine in Slovakia that we had never heard of, and confirmed what we had heard about the good wine in Hungary. The beer in Czechia also didn’t let us down. The food in central Europe is hearty and plentiful, but we still prefer southern European food.
It was a cold trip until the last week but also one of the driest. Spring traveling is always a roll of the dice, but in this case we came out pretty positive.
We haven’t locked onto a location for our fall trip, though Ton seems to have Spain on her mind. Stay tuned.