Category: SHORT

I had to go to Romania to have authentic Hungarian Lamb Goulash with 4 Hungarians, one from Niantic Connecticut

2018-09-12

My favorite way to ride is to plug in a destination, and ignore the GPS. I try to stay as far away from heavily populated areas and highways as possible. It is not good for making time, but you can find fantastic roads and some pretty great little towns.

I was on the way to Budapest today, and was just wandering around. I could have gotten there in a small number of hours, but it took all day.

I found these guys

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Continue reading “More Cool Towns”

2018-09-12

http://www.kralovastudna.com/sk/en

Roads?   Where we are going we don’t need roads:

While wandering towards Budapest, I stopped to look at my GPS. A guy stopped to make sure I was OK. His English was less than great, but I had ear plugs in so I was not sure if it was him or me. He pointed at a sign, Hotel and Cafe, and said something about dirt, and I should follow him.

I decided what the hell. It was not a terrible road. But it was not great. Lots of loose gravel, large rocks and ruts. Just what a fully loaded big bike loves. It was not so bad, and I had fun, but about half way up I realized that the shortest way back down the mountain was to take the same 14 Km down. We rode right past the signs that said no motorcycles.

At the top, I discovered that he knew no English. He bought me a beer, Non alcoholic, and paid for my access to the road, which aparently is required.

We had a grand old time trying to have a decent conversation with no common language. We did OK, then we rode back down the mountain. I wonder why it seems to take me forever to get to my next destination?

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Our Route:

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When you are riding down the highway in Czechia and see a sign for an Air Museum, one that is NOT on Google Maps, you have to stop. More of a junk yard than a museum, but they did have good info on the planes. In Czeck. This was a great place to walk around. I did drop my bike here though. I was standing on the pegs to take a photo, and when I jumped down I bumped the bike just enough to get it off balance. Fortunately some guys were driving by on their traktor and stopped to help.

https://www.museum-kunovice.cz/

Tow Mater’s cousin.

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2018-08-07

As you all know, I traveled for four weeks with Special Agent Nancy www.specialagentnancy.com another Triumph Tiger Rider met through ADVRider.com

Here is Nancy’s post on the first part of our trip. Nancy is good at not only taking photos but selecting a few to use to tell her story. She is also good at telling a big story with a few words.

Continue reading “PINK UNICORNS and KING BOB”

This creepy guy was sitting on the rooftop terrace at the hotel.   I swear he moved.   Does anyone remember the Dr. Who episode “Blink”? 

Continue reading “I GIVE UP – Prague to Budapest”

Coincidences are funny.   I realize our minds can find patterns where none exist, but sometimes things happen that make you wonder.

Here it is Monday September 3rd.  I last saw NAS (that’s Special Agent Nancy) on Friday August 31st.   In case you are reading out of order, NAS has the same bike as mine, a 2011 Triumph Tiger.   This is a fairly tall bike even if the suspension is lowered.   There are not a lot of Triumph Tigers around, and even fewer women riding them.

Continue reading “TIGER WOMEN”