To - Esztergom
Distance - 57km
Time - 3.5 hours
Total - 3140km
I was sad to hear that Mick McManus passed away. He was the best bad guy wrestler ever. He seemed too old for wrestling when I watched him. I think the postmortem will show that he beaten to death by a handbag! Me and my brother David used to watch wrestling on 'World of Sport' at 4pm on a Saturday afternoon and then go into the hall and had a fight which usually ended in me loosing my temper!
Well today is 2BJ. That's short for 'two days before Janice' arrives at Budpest. I will get there tomorrow but Janice flys in on Saturday and we will have a full week there. I will take a break in the blog during that time. I checked the word for blog in Hungarian and there isn't one, so I am going to call it a szlog. It seems appropriate seeing as its a bit of a slog for you to keep reading it!
I did a triathlon this morning. I had. 7am swim, I jogged 10 metres back to the hotel and then ate a plate of fried egg and ham for breakfast before setting off on the bike. Not a bad start to the day. Do you think this could be a new event including the breakfast into the competition, it could be interesting. I feel I have a specialism in the breakfast department that might give me the edge over competitors.
The weather started bright but became cloudy. Not so warm really.
The ride was not very interesting, it was mainly on or alongside a road but the tracks were a lot better, thank goodness.
Esztergom is considered to be the 'Rome' of Hungary. The Citadel which contains the Biggest Cathedral in Hungary and the Royal Castle dominates the town. The town centre must once have been wonderful but many of the houses look good from a distance but are a bit run down when you see them closer. The theatre building must have been grand but it looks closed now. I walked around the town and the weather slowly improved into the afternoon. I spent time looking for somewhere to eat in the evening. Eventually I gave up on that and just had a beer n the shadow of the Cathedral. My hotel was very close and it was nice and comfortable.
One famous Hungarian that has been suggested to me is Bela Bartok the composer but the key classical composer has been missed and that is Franz Listz. His contribution to Cockney rhyming slang must never be underestimated! Other notable Hungarians include Mr Rubik who invented the Rubik Cube and Emile Biro who invented the Biro pen. Harry Houdini was originally a Hungarian before escaping to the US and Zsa Zsa Gabor was Hungarian before going to Hollywood. I'm sure that there are many more more worthy Hungarians but I have missed them in my ignorance.
I found out that t was the 'New Christy Minstrels' that did 'Three Wheels on my Wagon' and it was written by Burt Bacharach. Not many people know that! Today's song is going to be the music I use as a ringtone. No specific reason but its a good rocker. It's Rockstar by Nickelback. I'll settle for being a cyclestar!
Out for a meal tonight. Not decided where yet. Before posting the blog I had a little look back over the photos and realise that their are hardly any other people in view. That's because everywhere is quiet. There are occasional coach tours but apart from that there are very few people bout, even n the town centres. It's not just here. Back home there is a constant bustle of people going about daily lives but here that lest seem to be the case. What does everyone do?
Off to Budapest in the morning.
Photo 1, Nice view across a ills with poppies.
Photo 2, St Peters Temple, on the edge of Esztergom.
Photo 3, The Cathedral and Castle at Esztergom.
Photo 4, The Cathedral front.
Photo 5, Inside the Cathedral.
Photo 6, Fountain in the main Square.
Photo 7, Just one of many lovely buildings that have been allowed to get run down.
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