Three more countries in one day

Country no.1 is a slight cheat, as we were there last night: the Czech Republic. I can sum up the motorways there in one word: bumpy. Actually three words: annoyingly, repetitively bumpy. They are awful. Country no.2 is Slovakia: flat. Country no.3 is our current place of residence: Hungary.

So far it seems almost like just another new EU state, with Tesco, Ikea and other staples of modern life. However, I have noticed a certain undercurrent, which smells like poverty. I think that Hungary may be the tipping point between the prosperity of western Europe and the East.

This has no doubt affected our campsite, as it appears to have been something completely different in the distant past, perhaps a train station. This gives it a really offbeat atmosphere, especially when one realizes that all the camping sites are up a hill, in a forest. Whilst the essential infrastructure is well maintained, there is a plethora of derelict items lying around the site, including half a stone staircase, various ancient farming equipments, and an old ice-cream delivery truck.

Everyone here, including me, thinks that this is the coolest site we have visited so far.