Ckm - September 2011 Hungary File

If you’re reading this, I still have the bottle of Unicum . I’m not drinking it without you. Thanks for the flat tire, the paprika hangover, and the best September of my life. Did you travel with a "CKM" in 2011? Or were you in Hungary that month? Drop a comment below.

Flashback: CKM and the Golden Month in Hungary (September 2011) CKM - September 2011 Hungary

This is where the nickname "CKM" became a curse word. About 8km in, we hit a gravel patch near Tihany. CKM swerved to avoid a hedgehog (noble, stupid), and the bike chain snapped. We spent four hours trying to fix it with a Swiss Army knife and a hair tie. We missed the last ferry back. If you’re reading this, I still have the bottle of Unicum

October 3, 2011 (Retrospective)

There are some trips that stick to your ribs, and then there is September 2011 in Hungary. Did you travel with a "CKM" in 2011

I’ve been meaning to write this up for a few weeks, but honestly, I needed the dust to settle. I was traveling with —for those of you who don’t know the acronym, it’s either a very serious project code or the initials of the most chaotic, wonderful travel partner I’ve ever had. (I’ll let you guess which).

Long story short: CKM gave a 10/10 to a 70-year-old woman’s dried sausage. She was so happy she kissed us on both cheeks and forced a liter of homemade pálinka into our backpack. We were functionally useless by 2:00 PM. We took a day trip down to the "Hungarian Sea"— Lake Balaton . The water was still swimmable in September, just barely. We rented clunky old bikes to ride along the north shore.