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After long planning és some training I and a friend of mine (from the secondary school), Csaba Budavári started to „conquer” the Tatra by bicycle.
1993, Tatra bicycletour
Gyorgyigabor2004-02-05 20:10:05
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After long planning és some training I and a friend of mine (from the secondary school), Csaba Budavári started to „conquer” the Tatra by bicycle. We had already known the hungarian land next to our home: Vác, Penc, Acsa and the sunny, hilly area with sunflower-fields. In Verseg we spent a little time in a village-muzeum (skanzen) which consisted of only two old houses. The old lady who showed us the rooms was very friendly. Not much before Gyöngyös, after reaching the top of a climb we got a nice view to the town, and the mountains (the highest: Kékestetõ) behind it. In the evening it wasn’t a problem to fall aslep; we were tired.
In the second day our destination was Aggtelek, a village which is famous for its cave. On the slopes of the Matra mountain-range we had views to the land towards the Great Plane and in front of it the smoke from the chimneys of the Gagarin power plant. After Verpelét we said goodbye to the Matra from a top of an ascent: „Hello Matra, the mountains which wait for us is: Tatra.” In the old center of Eger – which is famous for its fight against the Turks – we spent a pleasant hour. After leaving the houses of the town we was pushing the pedals up to the plateau of the Bükk mountain range. On the plateau we cycled on forest-roads without any traffic. It was very nice and pleasant: the vegetation: between junipers, fir trees, flowers and some rocks, small meadows. At a moment an eagle flied up from a meadow. That was the Bükk National Park. We took a little lay-by to the waterfalls of the Szalajka valley. (it is also known because of the horses there). We went on cycling along the Lázbérci storage lake and then we crossed the main road between Miskolc and the slovakian border. In this area we didn’t have any bike-experiences. From Felsõnyárád – a village after crossing the river Sajó – we was pushing the pedals in sunset. Sometimes some dogs - without any owner – made us bicycle faster. After 165 km
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