Monday, 3 December 2012

Hungary to Austria


Working on the quickest & cheapest Toll free route home we headed for the Hungarian Motorway system which required another vignette which is controlled electronically. You can buy it online by credit card but the website didn't seem to be security enabled & we were using a public internet connection so didn't want to give out our details. Therefore we had to pay cash at the border & suffer the exchange rate rip off, paying in Euro's as we planned to get in & out of the country in one day without buying anything apart from 100% pure diesel.

Arriving at dusk in Austria our map showed a large lake not too far from the Motorway where we found a very quiet parking space close to the closed turnstiles for the 'beach' access. Leaving in the morning to explore the small town & get some shopping we saw a sign forbidding camping but it was probably just beyond where we had parked.

Getting into Austria meant we had to buy yet another vignette but this time we had the local currency Euro's so there was no extra charge. Now we were back in the 'rich' part of Europe & it was very noticeable. Better roads, buildings, sign-age, recycling & expensive prices. The cost of a Coffee on the Motorway had doubled (though we weren't buying any) but we were able to finally get a super clean shower at an OMV services for 2.20 Euro's which was welcome after going many days without campsites, and they also have free WiFi.

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