We survived the night and weren't rudely awaken by any walkers, or more importantly police officers (free camping is technically illegal in Hungary). Today's route was to be a straightforward ride south to Kalocsa, where hopefully we would find somewhere to stay.
Within a short while we knew the day was going to be tougher than we had thought. Although the temperature was still mild, a strong head wind had got up and that's the way it stayed for the next 60km. Spending 40km of the day on a piece of raised, so we got the full effect of the wind, disused road didn't help matters either.
We had really been looking forward to our journey through Eastern Europe, but days like today really put a damper on things. Fortunately there were enough friendly waves to make up for some of the lack of scenery.
Looking at the map the rest of the route to Belgrade doesn't look too inspiring either. We will travel through another two countries over the next week though, so things may improve.
Arriving in Kalocsa we found a hotel and got checked in. The hotel is nothing special and I would have to say quite expensive for what we have got. The main thing is that it is open and we haven't had to cycle on in the faint hope of finding somewhere else.
Hopefully the weather settles a bit tomorrow and we haven't pushed our luck with the European winter.
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