So, we got up early and were waiting in the lobby at 7:00am for the trip to the bus. There were 4 of us to transport to the other hotel to board the bus. By about 8:00am we were underway for the 6-7 hour trip to Budapest. Of course, we immediately ran into rush hour traffic. Once we got clear of Prague, we headed down M1 towards Brno.
Most of the freeways in central Europe are two narrow lanes, freeways like the above are exceptions in major cities. It is somewhat helped by limiting trucks to the right lane, but of course that leads to huge truck backups in that lane.
Halfway through the Czech Republic we climbed to 2,000 feet altitude and we had a bit of snow, but the roads stayed clear. Once we drove through Slovakia, we got into Hungary where we stopped for lunch. I had a bowl of genuine Hungarian Goiulash.
It was about the same as Czech goulash I had the night before. It’s now after 2300 so I will leave this here and continue the rest of our arrival in Budapest tomorrow.