Villa Christina was top class! A nice boss, a wonderful room, a delicious breakfast, and sunshine. It looks like this is going to be a warm day. But: farewell to Christina.
At Christina’s, warm water was produced by electricity. There is more than enough electricity to be had. After all, the big river renders it at low cost. Basically, this could be a nice reserve for the future. Take solar technology instead of the river-generated electricity, and you can use the power you have saved for mobility or some such.
We take the cyclist’s path as propagated by signs (in Serbia, the cyclist’s paths are beautifully marked). It means romantic side roads. The main road would have been a little shorter and still not too full of motorized traffic.
The road is rather hilly, but the scenery is spectacular. We are around 20 kilometres away from the Bulgarian border. At the border, I ask the border guard how many cyclists come here every day. He says the average is a maximum of one per day. We leave Serbia. For us, Serbia was one nice surprise.
We ride through Bulgaria for 30 kilometres. Up an incline we go, there is beautiful cultural scenery to the left and right. Seeing this, I can see why Bavarian farmers have a problem when they get competition from farmers in the new EU countries. Fertile country all around the place, and an ideal climate – so, naturally, everything grows faster. Besides, the workforce is extremely cheap and the same is true for the Diesel fuel. All we can hope for is that the cost of transport will rise fast enough.
From Bulgaria (Vidi) to Romania (Kalafat), we once more have to cross the river Danube. Again, this can only be done by ferry. We are rather late, because our goodbyes with Christina consumed more time than we had planned. When is the next ferry? The answer is: in one or two hours, it depends on when there are enough vehicles.
We decide to declare this our “lazy day” and remain in Kalafat after only 59 kilometres on our bikes. It is a beautiful city and it boasts several hotels! We take the hotel Panoramic with a view onto the river Danube. Dinner in Calafat tastes delicious. Again, the French fries taste so much better than back in Germany – apparently, they did not come out of a deep-freeze box. By the way: I do not understand why the Romanian Leu is at such a low – everything is extremely cheap in Romania.
Back in the hotel, we sit on the patio and drink a bottle of wine. There is still a problem with internet communication. The wine is dry but sweet. Still, it tastes excellent.
Unfortunately, a big wedding festivity is under way both before and behind the hotel. So this is going to be another noisy night. We know about those from last Saturday in Hungary.
RMD
(translated by EG)
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