Sun31Jul16: Arlo - Holloko, Hungary (105.9km, 2,572.3km YTD)

"Cultural differences", that's what it must be.  Apparently some Hungarians go to a campground to party all Saturday night, and they - and the campground management - have no regard for any people who are actually there to sleep.  Electronic music pounding all night, the laughing / shouting / attempted singing by drunken idiots, the barfing on the tree alongside my tent, and the last tittering gaggle of young ladies staggering from the WC and back to their tent at 5:23am.  Not too restful for us who came to rest up. 

However, the morning promises nice clear skies, 16C temperatures, and the riding day starts off with a downhill glide from the campground through Arlo and back into Ozd, turn left, and we're off westward on some new highway.

wood statues, Tar

Gergo is having us skirting the outskirts of Budapest counterclockwise to try and bring us in along the Donau (Danube) River.  Good roads, light traffic on a Sunday morning, lunch van at 62km, and the temperature is starting to getting fairly warm.

four-plex accommodation, Holloko

Route turns right up into the hills above Highway #27, and climbs, and climbs, and ends up at the 'ghost town' of Holloko which has been restored as a 15th century 'tourist trap'.  The houses have been renovated for four-plex accommodations, bars, gift shops, ice cream parlours, wine tasting cellars, etc. and anchored by a church in the middle.

Kacsic Castle, Holloko

Above the town is the castle built by the Kacsic family during the 14th century, also partially renovated and turned into a museum, filled with period furnishings and several plaques of the area's history.
The late afternoon sun provides some drying time for camping gear that got moisturised during last nights outing, and then it's time for 5:45pm rider meeting.