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We checked out of the "five star " hotel and continued east towards Miskolc. Once again it was very hot. We encountered more hills and small head winds. Marco was subdued today and  there were no surprises along the route. We were all disappointed, I'm sure.
We passed through Pest to get to our designation. For those that may not know Budapest is made up of two towns Buda and Pest. Pest being the southern side of the Danube.
 Shortly after leaving  our hotel this morning we ran into stop and go traffic all the way into Pest. Lucky for us it was westbound and we were going east. Because it is Saturday all the locals were heading to Lake Velence for the weekend. The traffic was close to 45 km long and was not moving very much.
Travelling through Pest we spoke to two young men from Italy and Portugal. They were a little lost and were heading to Lake Velenta. We gave them directions but didn't mention the traffic as they will make better time than the vehicles.
Marco allowed us to stop at a bakery in Pest for some lunch consisting of pastries and chocolate milk and once well east of Pest we stopped at a roadside fruit stand for watermelon.
Our hotel is very nice, in fact it has AC. It took some convincing but even Joe approves. Woody, our banker, does think we were a little extravagant  and held us back at supper.
We will be checking out early tomorrow to get an early start on the day and heat. Joe has already informed Bruce(Marco) that breakfast is being served downstairs  only between 7:00 and 7:10.

All of the Hungarian travellers want to wish Trish a happy birthday and made a toast to her health at supper. Only a small one because of the budget constraint enforced upon us by "Our banker"

Lunch in Pest at a pastry shop.

Watermelon snack east of Pest

Sunset at Lake Velenta, Gardony,  July 17, 2014