Caravan Tour

This caravan tour goes fast. Austrian seems far away now we enter East-Europe.This will be the first border where we go through customs and have to show passports. Till now, we traveled between the EU borders with open boundaries. Hungary not yet part of that community (it will be in a few months) will check us out even so the Austrian customs will do.

We did a lot of preparation on the paperwork. We consultant vets about vaccination certificates for Aysha and Isabella to be shore everything is ok. We met a native Austrian driver who insured us that at the border there will be a vet to help out if necessary.

We clean up the caravan just because someone will search it trough. We don’t want them to stumble up on probably forbidden stuff. We also plan a timetable. Monday in the morning will fit best. Not to busy and in case of trouble we have a whole day to solution the problem.

Cigarette

One mile before the border, we see a Dutch truck besides the road, the driver Andre next to it, smoking a cigarette. Fourteen hundred miles from our homeland! It’s amazing and wonderful to talk to him in Dutch about Holland, our caravan tour with horses and lots more. He is waiting for the next morning to go through customs. As a truck driver, he is forbidden to drive on Sunday. Immediately we decide to go now because it will be quiet at customs.

Austrian border

Step by step, we enter the Austrian border. I will never forget the face of that custom lady. Hesitated between professionalism and curiosity she asks a lot questions, papers however, she don’t ask. In no time, we are heading the Hungarian border as easy as anything is.

Then we see it: the Hungarian custom building is totally empty. No people, no customs, no paperwork. We hardly believe we actually in Hungary! Just the flagpole and sign convince us.

Now for the first time we have to search and ask for a place in a totally strange language and country. We never been here or talked Hungarian. We have a little translation book but without words for oat, hay or meadow. Plan is to buy a dictionary when we enter a bigger city.

The first village is Hagyeshalom a long road with houses next to it. We spot no farm or center even people we don’t see. Then almost at the end, we see a ranch. With big fences around meadows and a beautiful building at the end of the runway. Here we go; this must be a piece of cake.

I can’t find a bell and there are no cars, at the back, a see renovated stables into little rooms. Just than I see a sign: Nightclub. There must be riding going on but I don’t think it’s our target group.

If this is how it will be in Hungary for the next months, we don’t complain at this caravan tour!

Thea

At this last picture, you can see what formerly custom people do now! (Mention the feet)

End of caravan tour, back to a journey without maps.

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