Took a while to get out of Budapest,
they don't seem to go in for many road signs & also it's hard to
find turns against the traffic as the main routes are often a few
lanes wide. We had to drive almost back into the centre to get out
again. The rest of the route was very flat, across vast fields of
Black soil being ploughed by tractors. It was a very good road the
No.40 or E60 with lots of stretches of dual carriageway with many
Romanian trucks. Spent the final Hungarian money in a Lidl, we miss
the ease of being able to use Euro's in so many countries.
Romania
There was a long line of trucks
approaching the border but no queue for us. We had to show our
passports & were pulled over for some sort of inspection, they
seemed to look at our lovely new winter tyres, then waved us on. You
have to buy a Vignette to use Romanian roads and we opted for a month
one as it's little more than the weekly one. Of course as there's no
ATM at the border & we don't have the 31.76 RON we had to pay in
Euro's at the vendors exorbitant commission rate, so what should have
cost about 7 Euros cost us 10. It's now all done electronically so we
have since found out we could have done it on line here
http://www.roviniete.ro/en
Diesel is just over £1.00 litre the
cheapest so far & we soon found an ATM outside a hypermarket. It
was one of the sneaky ones though that tries to convert your
withdrawal into Sterling, much better for us to choose the withdrawal
in local currency & let our bank convert. Heading East it was
getting dark & no chance of a camp site We looked at Truck Stops
& happened to drop in on a very modern one with no charge for
overnight stops, just a small fee for toilets or showers & free
WiFi. No obligation to eat in the restaurant but we went in to check
it out. Very good filling selection with friendly service & a
beer was only 50p. Gills smoked bean soup was a surprise as it was
served inside a whole round loaf of crusty bread.
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