The past weekend, our Hungarian friends from Fidelitas organized a tour arround lake Neusiedl. It was quite awesome :-) Our friends from Brno (Czech Republic) came along too! The first night, András was showing us around in Sopron! We did a 110km distance on the first day and on the second half-day a 40km way over some small mountains. We started in Sopron (Hungary) and were going clockwise around to Fertöd (also in Hungary)
Sopron
Some pictures I took in Sopron.
![Church in Sopron](/Library/Blog/2711/IMG_0305.jpg)
The "Firetower" in Sopron
![In a closer view](/Library/Blog/2711/IMG_0318.jpg)
In a closer view
![On the main square](/Library/Blog/2711/IMG_0310.jpg)
On the main square
![Sopron city key](/Library/Blog/2711/IMG_0321.jpg)
Sopron city key
![Main square at night](/Library/Blog/2711/IMG_0325.jpg)
Main square at night
![Trinity Column on the main square](/Library/Blog/2711/IMG_0327.jpg)
Trinity Column on the main square
![Another perspective](/Library/Blog/2711/IMG_0333.jpg)
Another perspective
![Having a drink in an Hungarian pub](/Library/Blog/2711/IMG_0338.jpg)
Having a drink in an Hungarian pub
Panonisches Frühstück
On of our first stops on our tour, was the checkpoint were the "Panonisches Frühstück" took place - It was the day when the "Iron Curtain" was cut through and many people from East-Germany flew to Austria.
![Arraving at the Austrian-Hungarian border](/Library/Blog/2711/IMG_0360.jpg)
Arraving at the Austrian-Hungarian border
![Place of the "Panonisches Piknik"](/Library/Blog/2711/IMG_0364.jpg)
Place of the "Panonisches Piknik/Frühstück"
![Symbol for open doors after years of socialism.](/Library/Blog/2711/IMG_0365.jpg)
Symbol for open doors after years of socialism.
![Petr and Roman rinning a bell](/Library/Blog/2711/IMG_0366.jpg)
Petr and Roman rinning a bell
![](/Library/Blog/2711/IMG_0371.jpg)
The point were Alois Mock (ÖVP/Austria) and Gyula Horn (Hungary) cut through the Iron Curtain
![Petr at this very historical point](/Library/Blog/2711/IMG_0367.jpg)
Petr at this very historical point
![Me at the same place](/Library/Blog/2711/IMG_0369.jpg)
Me at the same place
![Part of the Iron Curtain](/Library/Blog/2711/IMG_0370.jpg)
Part of the Iron Curtain
![Original look-out](/Library/Blog/2711/IMG_0372.jpg)
Original look-out
On the tour
![The team before the start in Sopron](/Library/Blog/2711/IMG_0348.jpg)
The team before the start in Sopron
![Resting in the park](/Library/Blog/2711/IMG_0358.jpg)
Resting in the park
![The bikes are ready](/Library/Blog/2711/IMG_0340.jpg)
The bikes are ready
![Paul ready to roll](/Library/Blog/2711/IMG_0342.jpg)
Paul ready to roll
![Our friends from Czech Republic: Libor, Petr, Roman](/Library/Blog/2711/IMG_0345.jpg)
Our friends from Czech Republic: Libor, Petr, Roman
![Neusiedlersee](/Library/Blog/2711/IMG_0373.jpg)
Neusiedlersee
![Marc](/Library/Blog/2711/IMG_0375.jpg)
Marc
![In Rust](/Library/Blog/2711/IMG_0377.jpg)
In Rust
![Wine tasting at a Heurigen](/Library/Blog/2711/IMG_0392.jpg)
Wine tasting at a Heurigen
![Just after 20km](/Library/Blog/2711/IMG_0394.jpg)
Just after 20km
![](/Library/Blog/2711/IMG_0395.jpg)
The hole team - half sunny - half shadow :-)
On the tour, in Podersdorf, I met Stefan P and Petra L, they were camping there for the weekend :-)
Unfortunately my camera broke, I don't know why :-(
Conclusion
![Look into my eyes!](/Library/Blog/2711/IMG_0302.jpg)
Look into my eyes!
It was a nice trip, and it was even sporty :-) To be honest I didn't expect a trip like this! My butt still hurted on Monday!Next time I will propably practice a bit more :-)
Looking forward to 2009!